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John Thune: “Everything comes down to a function of math. It's do we have…”

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

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But I'm not guaranteeing that happens yet. We're still continuing to have conversations with our members. I think, as I've conveyed to you before, Everything comes down to a function of math. It's do we have the votes, do we have 50 votes to execute on getting a bill like that across the floor? Because we have to have Republicans hanging together in order to do that. Speaker. (00:50–00:59)

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Asserts that passing the reconciliation bill depends on securing 50 votes.

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