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John Thune: “The Democrat leader...wants to interject himself into those…”

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 00:09

And those discussions, to the degree that they're occurring, are occurring because we allow them to have those conversations and don't get in the way of that. And I think what The Democrat leader...wants to interject himself into those discussions and perhaps even instruct his ranking member not to participate. So I hope that isn't the case. But my expectation is that we will proceed to fund the government in a way that keeps it open for that foreseeable time period. (00:09–03:34)

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Asserts that the Democratic leader wants to interfere with appropriation discussions.

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