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On the recordOctober 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 highlight the high level of uncertainty surrounding this process, President Biden was on Capitol Hill just this morning--his second visit this month--to twist the arms of still-undecided Democrats. As they continue to see what sticks to the wall, it is good to know that priorities like government jobs for climate activists, tax credits for environmental justice programs at colleges and universities, and a $200 million park in Speaker Pelosi's district may soon come up for a vote in the Senate. It is just too bad that Democrats have been so focused on expanding government that they haven't actually taken time to do some of the essential business of government. Fiscal year 2021 ended a month ago. We are into fiscal year 2022. Yet, so far, the Senate has not taken up a single appropriations bill for the 2022 fiscal year.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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