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John Thune: “They will have a ninth opportunity today to vote to open the…”

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

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Sen. John Thune on day 15 of government shutdown | LiveNOW from FOX

Published | Video Starts at 00:46

… the president, the president signs into law, the government reopens and then we can be happy to have all the conversations the Democrats want to have about other issues. But They will have a ninth opportunity today to vote to open the government. They had an eighth opportunity yesterday and they will have, if necessary, a 10th opportunity to reopen the government tomorrow. (00:46–00:50)

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

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