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John Thune: “We took steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in…”

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

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Thune: Senate Overcomes Historic Democrat Blockade to Confirm President Trump's Nominees

Published | Video Starts at 03:29

But Republicans have not been daunted. We've just continued plowing ahead on nominations, helping us rack up a historic number of votes this year in the process. And in September, We took steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what was once understood to be standard practice. and that is the Senate's acting expeditiously on largely non controversial presidential nominees to allow a president to get his team in place. (03:29–03:35)

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