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John Thune: “The alternative is a government shutdown.”

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

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John Thune: Chuck Schumer Is 'Willing To Shut The Government Down'

Published | Video Starts at 06:30

That is a very, I know, foreign concept to the Democratic leader and certainly something at least right now he doesn't, it doesn't sound like he's open to, but The alternative is a government shutdown. And if you refuse to move a clean CR so the Appropriations committees can do their work and we can do our work here in the Senate, you're essentially, you're advocating for a government shutdown and I don't know how that doesn't fall on you. (06:30–06:33)

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Asserts that not passing a clean CR would result in a government shutdown.

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