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Ol Janx Spirit

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28. Except when Johnson kept the House out of session for 54 days during the government shutdown.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #24)

Wed Jun 24, 2026, 01:10 PM

Jun 24

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/10/house-returns-shutdown-mike-johnson-00646065

Mikey is such a weasel....

But of course, if a Democrat were in the White House they would absolutely never go out of session for that very reason.

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