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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 1, 2025

Democrats are well aware of the damage of a government shutdown.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 1, 2025

As of this morning, critical federal employees including members of the military, Border Patrol agents and air traffic controllers are working without pay.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 1, 2025

I don’t think shutdowns benefit anybody, least of all the American people.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 1, 2025

This Democrat shutdown is actually delaying progress on the issues that Democrats claim to be interested in.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

But what we are talking about--the Democrat leader and his colleagues have the same leverage on November 21. This is a short-term CR. This is what we do all the time around here, as witnessed by the chart you were just using. It is 24…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

So the Senator from New York--the way that we have done it was a different business model than the one he used. We actually had the Appropriations Committee sit down, and the date that they come up with, November 21, was agreed upon by the…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

I will. I will. And the Ukraine issue you are talking about wasn't a CR. That was an entirely different issue. So don't throw that into this mix.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

Hopefully, we’re going to pick up some more and eventually, we’ll get enough to pass this thing and keep the government open.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

I am hoping there are enough reasonable Democrats over there.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

We’ll probably set up some votes later in the week, but we’ll observe the Jewish holiday.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

We are just 14 hours away from a government shutdown. The House has passed a clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution to fund the government until November the 21st. The president is ready to sign it. Senate Democrats are standing in the…

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

President Trump promised to end the weaponization of government against the American people, and we are making good on that promise

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

Biden’s TSA Administrator [David] Pekoske and his cronies abused their authority and weaponized the federal government against the very people they were charged with protecting

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2025

Biden’s TSA wildly abused their authority

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 28, 2025

This decision, in my judgment at this point in time, is up to a handful of Democrats.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 28, 2025

Sacred places of worship should never fear violence in America. I am praying for the victims of this heinous attack and their families.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 25, 2025

There needs to be oversight, there needs to be accountability, and there needs to be transparency into this decision making process

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