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John Thune: “What they're asking for here... is $1.5 trillion in new…”

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

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Sen. John Thune on shutdown: The Democratic leadership has no interest in a solution

Published | Video Starts at 04:23

They put the expiration date in place knowing full well that there would be a ton of pressure to try and extend it. But the truth is What they're asking for here... is $1.5 trillion in new spending for free health care benefits to be extended to noncitizens. Those are all conditions of the counter proposal that they put out there, which can't get anywhere close to that wouldn't get, that gets 47 votes in the Senate, doesn't get a majority in the House and wouldn't be signed into law by the President. (04:23–04:34)

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Asserts that Democrats are asking for $1.5 trillion in new spending for health care benefits for noncitizens.

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