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John Thune: “Democrats insisted on a two-week window to negotiate [the…”

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

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Thune Joins The Guy Benson Show

Published | Video Starts at 01:44

So they're not even open to a brief extension like a CR to allow these negotiations to play out. They blocked that too. Correct. And you know, we had said at the very outset of this that they had Democrats insisted on a two-week window to negotiate [the DHS funding]. this. And I told them that you it takes two weeks just to get something across the Senate floor, let alone negotiate and strike a deal. (01:44–01:53)

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Asserts that Democrats wanted a two-week negotiation period for DHS funding.

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