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John Thune: “Democrats are threatening to shut down the Department of…”

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

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Thune on DHS Funding: the Ball Is in Democrats' Court

Published | Video Starts at 04:25

CR Anyway, now that we have been proven right, the onus is on Democrats to agree to an additional CR to allow time to complete the negotiations. Unless of course, Democrats are more interested. In a political issue than they are. Democrats are threatening to shut down the Department of Homeland Security, which will get them exactly zero changes to the status quo. So what is it? What is it, Mr. President, that Democrats want policy changes. In an actual outcome. Because it's starting to look like Democrats might not have been interested in actual reforms. (04:25–04:40)

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Asserts that Democrats' actions could lead to a Homeland Security shutdown without policy changes.

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