John Thune: “The special interest groups on the far left are pushing them…”

“And what the Democrats have done here is take the federal government as a hostage and for that matter, by extension the American people to try and get a whole laundry list of things that they want. The special interest groups on the far left are pushing them to accomplish and using a seven week funding resolution. which is designed to give us time to do the normal appropriations process, they're using this hostage to try and get all these other things done.” (05:58–06:08)

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