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John Thune: “We've got military people who aren't going to get paid…”

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

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Leader Thune Amna Nawaz on PBS NewsHour

Published | Video Starts at 04:28

… vote on perhaps their proposal, you know, our proposal or both proposals or something like that, we're open to suggestions. But right now we've got a government that shut down. We've got military people who aren't going to get paid starting early next week, air traffic controllers who aren't getting paid, Border patrol agents who aren't getting paid. And let's start by opening up the government and then I'm perfectly willing, as I've said, to enter into that discussion and perhaps create an opportunity, a path forward where there could be some votes on some of these things in the future. (04:28–04:37)

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Asserts that military personnel, air traffic controllers, and border patrol agents are not getting paid due to the shutdown.

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