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John Thune: “Under the Schumer regime, when they had the majority in the…”

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

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John Thune reveals if he's found 5 Democrats who could reopen the government

Published | Video Starts at 12:59

… more, it gets us in the muscle memory of actually doing the business of funding the government again the old fashioned way, which is in the open and transparent way. Under the Schumer regime, when they had the majority in the Senate, they did all this behind closed doors in Chuck Schumer's office. We've got a different business model. And I think Democrats in the Senate see what we're trying to do, too, as something that empowers and enables them to have a voice in what happens around here. (12:59–13:06)

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Asserts that when Democrats had the Senate majority, appropriations were done behind closed doors in Schumer's office.

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