John Thune: “All we're simply trying to do is fund the government at last…”

“And these demands that they have the $1.5 trillion in new spending, the free health care for non citizens, the list of things goes on and on. It's just not serious. It's not realistic and they know it. And All we're simply trying to do is fund the government at last year's levels and keep it open until we can get the appropriations process going. It's a very straightforward, you know, obviously uncomplicated position that we put out there. I think the American people are starting to get it and I think the employers, the government employees union is maybe a big indication of that.” (03:12–03:20)

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