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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Sinema). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 56, nays 43, as…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 59, nays 40, as follows…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). The result was announced--yeas 88, nays 10, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 456 Ex.] YEAS--88…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

It's critical that we pursue all avenues to alleviate the supply chain crisis and get goods moving again.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 introduced by Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) and Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD).

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

Mr. President, I am forcibly reminded that the definition of ``insanity'' is the doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. What exactly do Democrats think is going to happen to inflation if they pass this…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

Thank you, Mr. Durkin. Sir, in your testimony you highlighted the bill that I have with John Garamendi...

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

Mr. President, in all of the time I have been in Washington, in both the House and the Senate, I have seen Republicans in control, in the majority, and I have seen Democrats in the majority. I have been on both sides of that, and I have…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

I have heard from you that we have 80,000 drivers short of where we need to be right now.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 2, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 88, nays 11, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 451 Ex.] YEAS--88 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Boozman…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-02
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 1, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). The result was anounced--yeas 53, nays 43, as follows…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-01
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 1, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 45, as follows…

Congressional Record · 2021-11-01
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 28, 2021

Madam President, in just a few minutes, we are going to take another vote here in the U.S. Senate. It is just an ordinary vote for most of us, unless you are Susan Collins because this next vote we are going to take in the Senate will be…

Congressional Record · 2021-10-28
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 28, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from…

Congressional Record · 2021-10-28
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 28, 2021

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up to 15 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Congressional Record · 2021-10-28
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 28, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 442 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

Congressional Record · 2021-10-28
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 28, 2021

Madam President, work continues on Democrats' socialist spending spree, and the Senate seems to be on track to vote on their bill in the near future. Well, maybe. It depends on who you ask at any given time around here these days. Just to…

Congressional Record · 2021-10-28