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John Thune: “Senate Republicans, House Republicans, and the President of…”

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

We need 5 more Senate Democrats to put an end to this, and we're going to keep voting until they do.

Published October 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:08

Had a great opportunity to meet with the president and talk about something that unifies all Republicans, Senate Republicans, House Republicans, and the President of the United States are all in favor of reopening the federal government. In fact, so much so that we've now all voted 11 times to reopen the federal government. But the longer the federal government stays closed, the more the impacts are being felt. (00:08–00:15)

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Asserts that all Republican leaders and the President support reopening the federal government.

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“We've now all voted 11 times to reopen the federal government.”
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“Travel delays, benefit delays, you know, farmers are being impacted, millions of people going without paychecks.”
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“The longer the federal government stays closed, the more the impacts are being felt.”
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“This government shutdown, Democrat government shutdown is bringing [these impacts] to the American people.”
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“We'll have another vote on the continuing resolution tomorrow, which is sitting at the desk of the Senate.”
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“The government would open up immediately [if the resolution is signed into law].”
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“We're also going to vote on a Ron Johnson resolution that is sent, would pay anybody who's currently working.”
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“We want a normal appropriations process.”
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