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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 16, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr…

Congressional Record · 2023-10-16
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 4, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), and the Senator from South…

Congressional Record · 2023-10-04
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 4, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The…

Congressional Record · 2023-10-04
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 4, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) would have voted ``nay.''…

Congressional Record · 2023-10-04
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 4, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 252 Ex.] YEAS--54 Baldwin…

Congressional Record · 2023-10-04
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 4, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 250 Ex.] YEAS--54 Baldwin…

Congressional Record · 2023-10-04
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 4, 2023

Mr. President, the specter of heavyhanded government regulation of the internet reared its ugly head once again last week with the Federal Communications Commission's announcement that it will consider a so-called net neutrality proposal…

Congressional Record · 2023-10-04
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 3, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) would have voted ``yea.'' The yeas and…

Congressional Record · 2023-10-03
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 3, 2023

I'm not surprised. Tensions and tempers have been running pretty high for the last nine months.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 3, 2023

If we don't fix what the foundational problems of the House Republican Conference, the new speaker is just going to be in the same old stupid clown car, but a different driver, that's not going to get it done.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2023

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 48, as follows: =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S4887, September 30…

Congressional Record · 2023-09-30
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 30, 2023

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 88, nays 9, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 247 Leg.] YEAS--88 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blumenthal Booker Boozman Britt…

Congressional Record · 2023-09-30
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 29, 2023

Madam President, I am very glad that you have taken the chair to preside because I want to talk about something I think is kind of near and dear to your heart. This is something that I passed in the Homeland Security and Governmental…

Congressional Record · 2023-09-29
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 29, 2023

Mr. Speaker, so often around here, we vote on half measures, narrow bills that, at best, address one issue in only a modest way. This is not that bill. This is an opportunity in one vote to shut the border, to keep the government open, and…

Congressional Record · 2023-09-29
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 29, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from…

Congressional Record · 2023-09-29
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 29, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from…

Congressional Record · 2023-09-29
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 28, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisianna (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 46, as follows…

Congressional Record · 2023-09-28
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 28, 2023

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 76, nays 22, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 241 Leg.] YEAS--76 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blumenthal Booker Boozman Brown…

Congressional Record · 2023-09-28