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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Mike Johnson is getting squeezed on all sides amid the government shutdown

Mike Johnson’s luck seems to have finally run out amid the government shutdown fight.

He is now facing immense pressure from Democrats and even some of his Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, as he has kept the House out of session since September. Johnson ostensibly did this after the House passed a stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, expecting Democrats and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to blink in the same way they did in March.

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