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John Thune: “We gave him a chance to vote on the defense appropriations…”

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

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 05:31

But first, are you ready to proceed with regular order if they reopen the government? Absolutely. And we've told them that repeatedly. And as recently as Thursday last week, We gave him a chance to vote on the defense appropriations bill that was simply to get on the bill. I mean, this is a, it's a, on the motion to proceed to the bill. They have two other times where they'll have the backstop of a 60 vote threshold where they could block or stop that bill if they wanted to. (05:31–05:36)

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Asserts that Democrats were given a chance to vote on the defense appropriations bill.

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