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John Thune: “We moved seven executive branch nominees, we did three…”

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

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Thune Joins The Briefing with Steve Scully

Published | Video Starts at 10:11

As I said, these are normal times and everything is harder than it should be. But we're trying to keep the trains moving here, which is why even though in the middle of a shutdown last week We moved seven executive branch nominees, we did three judges... the defense authorization bill. defense authorization bill, we did three Congressional Review act resolutions of disapproval, repealing Biden area regulations. So there's, you know, we're staying active. (10:11–10:21)

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Asserts that the Senate moved on several nominations and bills during a government shutdown.

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