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Republicans made the easy part hard. Now comes the hard part. - Ali Velshi - MSNBC
The selection of the House speaker at the start of a new Congress is meant to be perfunctory step in a largely ceremonial day, but Republicans of the 119th Congress made Mike Johnson and Donald Trump work to get Johnson back into the speaker role. Now the real work begins, and it doesn't get any easier.
Rep. Brendan Boyle, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, discusses the coming debt fight and the anticipation of another Republican crisis just weeks away. - Aired on 01/03/2025.