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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 23, 2025

The bottom line is, as I talk to the Senator from Maryland, the way to pass this law--the way to protect Federal workers--isn't with the unanimous consent request of a bill nobody has ever seen; it is to vote for cloture on the Shutdown…

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 23, 2025

Let's get on the bill. And then let's sit down in good faith. Let's hammer out amendments, and let's get the thing passed next week. Let's do that. That is all I am asking. I honestly hate to object to this. I don't want to. OK? But…

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 23, 2025

Again, I am trying to keep this--let's not argue. OK? Let's focus on areas of agreement. So reduction in force, again, I think we probably have a philosophical disagreement there. I am not associating myself with anybody else's remarks…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 21, 2025

Every day that passes, we got less time to fund the government.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 21, 2025

I don’t know what there is to negotiate.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 20, 2025

We're not going to negotiate on anything until Democrats stop holding government funding hostage.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 17, 2025

It is finally time to move in the next 30 days on the secondary sanctions bill that would further reduce Russia's ability to sell oil to buyers like India, China, and others.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 16, 2025

If anything was needed to demonstrate just how fundamentally uninterested Democrats are in supporting our troops and defending our country, just take a look at this vote.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 16, 2025

I’m hoping to get it scheduled.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 16, 2025

I think it’s a bill whose time has come.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 16, 2025

I hope it doesn’t last through Thanksgiving, because that’s going to be a lot of harm to the American people and obviously a lot of harm to federal workers.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 16, 2025

We are all about getting health insurance down, making it more affordable to more people.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 16, 2025

At some point, Democrats have to take ‘yes’ for an answer.

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