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EXCLUSIVE: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is accusing Democrats of lying in their denials that they're pushing to give healthcare back to illegal immigrants.

"The idea that you would want illegal aliens to be paid benefits by U.S. taxpayers is unconscionable," Johnson said Wednesday.

The top House Republican sat down with Fox News Digital for an interview on the first full day of the ongoing government shutdown , hours after Senate Democrats again rejected the GOP's proposal to keep federal agencies funded at fiscal year (FY) 2025 levels through Nov. 21.

Republicans' accusations that Democrats are trying to reverse GOP changes to the Medicaid system in favor of illegal immigrants has been a particularly significant f

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