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John Thune: “We used [reconciliation] for that reason. We got a lot of…”

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

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Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show

Published | Video Starts at 01:04

So it is an opportunity when you have unified control of the government like we do right now, House, Senate and White House, to do really big consequential things. And We used [reconciliation] for that reason. We got a lot of really big consequential things done. But just getting 51, you know, keeping Republicans united to even pass something with a simple majority was incredibly challenging, especially something as, you know, as far reaching and had as many moving parts as the bill that we passed last summer did. (01:04–01:09)

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Asserts that reconciliation was used to accomplish significant legislative achievements.

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