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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 25, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 204 Leg.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-25
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 25, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy). The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 205 Leg.] YEAS--53 Barrasso Blackburn Blunt Boozman Braun Burr Capito Cassidy…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-25
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 25, 2021

Mr. President, H.R. 1, the Democrats' supposed election integrity bill, is filled with bad ideas: making the Federal Election Commission into a partisan body; effectively banning voter ID and gutting other safeguards against voter fraud…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-25
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 25, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy). The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 201 Ex.] YEAS--55 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Burr Cantwell…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-25
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 24, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young). Further, if present and voting, the…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-24
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 24, 2021

I understand the President has suggested an exemption for family farms and businesses, but it remains to be seen what that looks like.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 24, 2021

President Biden has said that nobody earning $400,000 or less would be hit by new taxes.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 24, 2021

It seems to me that some middle-class Americans would be hit by the administration's new death tax.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 20, 2021

I think a lot of our members and a lot of House Republicans want to be moving forward, not looking backward, and, you know, anything that gets us rehashing the 2020 election, I think, is a day lost on being able to draw contrast between us…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 20, 2021

Mr. President, the recent Colonial Pipeline hack, which saw more than 15,000 gas stations run out of fuel and drove gas prices to their highest level in almost 7 years, was a timely reminder of the importance of cyber security. In today's…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-20
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 20, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kansas (Mr…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-20
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 20, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Alaska…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-20
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· May 20, 2021

Mr. President, there was a time--and it really wasn't all that long ago--when securing the border had bipartisan support. It was actually a bipartisan goal--now, I think that made a lot of sense-- but it is not now. It also wasn't all that…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-20
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· May 20, 2021

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. King). Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1518

Congressional Record · 2021-05-20
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· May 20, 2021

Mr. President, I ask for a minute to respond. First of all, let me reiterate--the dollars will be spent regardless. The dollars would be completely wasted and no wall whatsoever. Of course, this reconsideration of their policies--we can…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-20
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 19, 2021

any day that is spent talking about re litigating the 2020 election is a day that Republicans are losing to press sort of a more policy focused message against the Biden administration and what he called the radical left wing agenda of the…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 19, 2021

There are some of our members who I think obviously have an interest in seeing a commission go forward, others who I think believe it will be counterproductive because of the work that`s already been done, and that it could be weaponized…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 19, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 50, as follows…

Congressional Record · 2021-05-19