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John Thune: “Ron Johnson has a proposal... it's kind of the equivalent of…”

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

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 08:08

How many times you expect to offer Democrats the opportunity to reopen the government this week later? We'll give them another one tomorrow and then we move in on Thursday. Ron Johnson has a proposal... it's kind of the equivalent of an automatic cr. cr. But it pays everybody who is, quote, accepted. In other words, everybody who is an essential employee that's still working. So if you're working, it doesn't cover furloughed employees. (08:08–08:14)

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States that Ron Johnson has proposed an automatic continuing resolution (CR) equivalent.

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