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John Thune: “Democrats are making it impossible to pass [the…”

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

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Thune Joins Larry Kudlow on Fox Business

Published | Video Starts at 07:15

It's fema, it's tsa, it's the Coast Guard, it's cyber, excuse me, cybersecurity. There are a lot of important functions and agencies of government that are funded in that appropriations bill. And the Democrats are making it impossible to pass [the appropriations bill]. So we're exploring all the options. We're looking at a recon 2.0. Obviously, we're having conversations about a potential talking filibuster. That's challenging because you have to have 50 to stay together to table every single amendment. (07:15–07:19)

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Asserts that Democrats are obstructing the passage of the appropriations bill.

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