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John Thune: “We cleared the nominations backlog.”

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

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 03:04

But for another day, I want to move on to the second argument that the president makes. Often, though he didn't make it. To me, the Senate isn't getting enough done. In fact, you We cleared the nominations backlog. did you not? Yeah, we did. In fact, we're way ahead of where we were, where he was in his first term, because the changes we made, and that's an executive calendar issue. (03:04–03:12)

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