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Rep. Jim Jordan, On Potential Government Shutdown

NPR

Published January 19, 2018 at 1:08 PM EST

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, questions FBI Director Christopher Wray during a House Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan ( @Jim_Jordan), a Republican and founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss why he voted “yes” last night for a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight tonight, after initially not backing it.

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