Sen. Ron Johnson on Ending Shutdowns Permanently and Conservatively 

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning where he discussed ending the threat of government shutdowns and regurgitated more GOP sentiment on what the party perceives as the Affordable Care Act's snowballing failures.

"Let's first give up the threat of shutdowns forever," said Johnson.

So what's the plan?

"There's an excellent piece of legislation, both in the House and in the Senate…I call it 'No More Shutdowns Ever Bill', but all it does is it'll fund the government if you don't pass appropriation bills at current levels. If you can't come up with prioritized spending bill within 120 days, drops the funding one percent, another 120 days, another one percent," said Johnson.

"It's that kind of fiscal control, that kind of fiscal discipline that you have to impose on this dysfunctional place called the federal government." 

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While Johnson supports the idea of keeping the government open, it's not a government with the Affordable Healthcare Act in it, and like most Republican lawmakers, he spared no harshness while talking about it.

"I'm all for defunding, repealing, getting rid of Obamacare, because I know of the harm it's going to cause for our healthcare system, our federal budget and our federal freedoms, but, you know, I mean the proof is in the pudding. It was this spectacular failure in terms of that strategy," said Johnson. 

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