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John Thune: “They don't even want to extend the amount of time under a…”

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

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Thune Joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 01:06

But nevertheless, the Democrats have decided now at the last minute, one, to vote against the bill. But secondly, and this, this is the harder part to explain, that They don't even want to extend the amount of time under a continuing resolution to keep the government open. so they can negotiate with the White House on the final bill. And we tried to give them that opportunity today. They voted that down, objected to that as well. (01:06–01:13)

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Asserts that Democrats do not want to extend time under a continuing resolution.

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