John Thune: “It's a 24 page bill sitting right here at the Senate desk.”

“Mr. President, it should not be this hard for a handful of Democrats to support a clean bill that simply reopens the government. It's a very straightforward proposition. It's a 24 page bill sitting right here at the Senate desk. Not a single new Republican policy, no partisan policy riders, nothing that Democrats haven't supported before on numerous occasions.” (04:20–04:24)

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