On the recordNovember 7, 2025
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Thune's plea to Democrats to resolve the government shutdown.
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The Democrats blocking us getting on the bill and then eventually passing it, I think, is a really dangerous position to take for the country.
The naming of Pulte to that position, although the timing arguably wasn't the best, I still don't think it ought to derail something that's this important.
I’ve indicated to him in most cases — not all — that what he wants done, we just don’t have the votes for, and there’s nothing I can do to change that.
The only way you can obviously get this done is to nuke the legislative filibuster, and that is not something that we have anywhere close to the votes to do.