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John Thune: “This is sitting right now at the Senate desk. We could pick…”

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

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Vice President Vance: I think we're headed into a shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 06:12

… time to finish the appropriations process, which is the way we should be funding the government. So Republicans in the House, in the Senate, President united. They've passed the bill. This is sitting right now at the Senate desk. We could pick it up and pass it tonight, we could pick it up and pass it tomorrow before the government shuts down. And then we don't have a government shutdown. It is totally up to the Democrats because right now they are the only thing standing between the American people and the government shutting down. (06:12–06:21)

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Asserts that the funding resolution is at the Senate desk and can be passed before a shutdown.

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