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John Thune: “If you tried to attach it [the SAVE Act], for example, to…”

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

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John Thune: The devil is in the details...

Published | Video Starts at 07:35

In the United States Senate, the votes currently aren't there. We will continue to put the Democrats on the record and insist on votes on this. But If you tried to attach it [the SAVE Act], for example, to FISA, it would tank FISA. And so, you know, we will, we will move once we get Clayton done, we'll move to fisa, try to get the again the Democrat coalition back together so we can actually pass that and put it on the President's desk. (07:35–07:40)

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Asserts that attaching the SAVE Act to FISA would cause FISA to fail.

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