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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The six-month window for the CR is part of an effort by Johnson to buy time until after the election -- and the possible return of Trump to the White House and Republicans to the Senate majority -- to boost the GOP's negotiating posture.
46% : "I would shut down the government in a heartbeat if they don't get it," Trump said in a recent interview.
39% : Lawmakers are also expected to rev up their investigations during their brief time back in the nation's capital, with Republicans likely to turn up the heat on Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.House leadership has also convened a bipartisan task force to investigate the July 13 attempted assassination of Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.
35% : Trump, 78, helped redirect the debate to election rules -- and adding the controversial provision means Democrats can't be counted on to help the bill pass the House and can block the legislation in the Senate.
26% : "As president, Trump led the US into a 35-day partial shutdown in late 2018 over funding demands for a US-Mexico border wall, which the then-president ultimately financed with redirected defense appropriations.

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