CNN's Jake Tapper Hits GOP Rep Over Spending Bill Chaos: 'Every Time We Go Through This'
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The anchor predicted that Republicans will still have a "problem" when the party controls the House, Senate and White House.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Friday knocked Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) over his party’s “problem” with governing after a week of chaotic negotiations on a funding bill, which ultimately passed in the Senate and GOP-controlled House.
“Your conference, the House Republican conference, we go through this every single time Republicans control the House. You guys can’t pass legislation, you can’t govern,” Tapper told Lawler hours before the House’s vote on Friday.
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