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In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal this week, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) claimed that he and his GOP colleagues in Congress had an extraordinarily productive year, compared to other first years under a newly sworn-in presidential term.

President Donald Trump’s first year back in office has been “one of the most productive first years of any Congress in our lifetimes,” Johnson wrote.

“Even with the slimmest of congressional majorities and historic obstruction from Democrats, President Trump and Republicans have kept our promises, restored order and laid the groundwork for an extraordinary new year,” Johnson asserted, claiming that, among other items, Republicans and Trump have supposedly “stabiliz[ed] inflation.”

The claim that this has been a more productive year than usual contradicts both........

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