We can’t make commitments or promises on the Covid subsidies because that’s not something that we can guarantee that there are the votes there to do.
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Thune discusses the uncertainty of passing Covid subsidies during the government shutdown.
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We’re working with the stakeholder community and our members on both sides to figure out if that’s something we can execute on and get done," Thune said.
For the most part our members buy into the idea that we are a team. If we’re going to succeed, we’ve got to succeed together, and that means sometimes holding hands and just doing hard things.
This is about border funding. It’s about law enforcement, it ’s about ICE and CBP. So I’m trying to, you know, keep it about the main thing.
I think he’s a really good pick. He’s obviously very capable and competent and [has] a great record. So, my assumption is, and I would certainly hope that Democrats who are being objective about it are going to come to the same conclusion.





