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John Thune: “A majority of Democrats in the House and the Senate voted…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Leader Thune Joins Sandra Smith on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 00:47

So anyway, then they wanted a separate funding bill for DHS that was a continuing resolution that would allow for some time to negotiate pieces of a bill that might ultimately pass. And then they walked away from that. So A majority of Democrats in the House and the Senate voted against both [DHS funding proposals] they negotiated. So we don't know what it is that they want. We're waiting for a, you know, a set of demands or a list of the things that they want to include in a DHS funding bill. (00:47–00:53)

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Asserts that most Democrats opposed DHS funding proposals they had negotiated.

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