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John Thune: “The president's ready to sign it.”

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

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

And that's where we are right now. As you know, we have a bill to fund the government passed the House sitting on the desk at the Senate. The president's ready to sign it. The government could open up today. We just need a handful of Democrats to join us because as you know, it takes a super majority 60 votes in the Senate to pass anything consequential and Democrats continue to resist. (00:41–00:44)

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Asserts that the President is prepared to sign the government funding bill.

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