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John Thune: “When they had unified control of the government, House…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:01

That's what you're going to hear. Yeah, and they are going to demagogue it. I mean, that's what they do. And you know, they had, When they had unified control of the government, House, Senate and White House, they did two reconciliation bills which increased spending by $3 trillion. And, and we have now, for only the fifth time in the last century, unified control of the government, House, Senate and White House. (07:01–07:10)

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Asserts that previous unified government control led to $3 trillion in increased spending through reconciliation bills.

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