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John Thune: “The House has passed it. The president's ready to sign. Used…”

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

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John Thune reveals if he's found 5 Democrats who could reopen the government

Published | Video Starts at 01:45

It's going to get uncomfortable and nobody likes where we are. But the truth is they just have left no alternative. As I said, we put this before them. The House has passed it. The president's ready to sign. Used to be a routine thing. It was done 13 times when the Democrats were in the majority and President Biden was in the White House. We had continuing resolutions, short term continuing resolutions. This is nonpartisan. We didn't put anything on it. (01:45–12:14)

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Asserts that continuing resolutions were passed 13 times when Democrats were in the majority and Biden was President.

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