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John Thune: “They have an opportunity, a fourth opportunity, fourth time…”

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

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Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published | Video Starts at 25:33

Those should be bipartisan things that we could be working together on along with appropriations. All. All those things aren't getting done right now because Senate Democrats have chosen to shut the government down. They have an opportunity, a fourth opportunity, fourth time today, fourth time to vote to open up the government. and to allow us to do the rest of the work that the American people expects us to do. They have taken hostage the federal government and by extension the American people, who are the only losers in this. (25:33–25:41)

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Asserts that Democrats have had four opportunities to vote to reopen the government.

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