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John Thune: “It would require anybody who's working in the federal…”

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

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 08:31

They'll get back pay. But if you're working, you should get paid. So it's a different way of sort of getting a vote on this. But it would, it would, yeah, It would require anybody who's working in the federal government to get paid. We're going to see what the Democrats do with that one. Well, that's going to strip the camouflage off of the Northern Virginia get out the vote effort. (08:31–08:35)

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