John Thune: “We need just five Democrats.”

“I should say we've had three. We need five more. As you know, it takes 60 in the Senate to do anything consequential. So we're at 55 right now. We need just five Democrats. Do the right thing for the American people and hopefully somebody will. All right, Senator, please come back. As this goes on, hopefully it won't go on for too much longer.” (05:17–05:20)

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