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John Thune: But what we are talking about--the Democrat leader and his colleagues have the same leverage on November 21. This is a…

On the recordSeptember 30, 2025
But what we are talking about--the Democrat leader and his colleagues have the same leverage on November 21. This is a short-term CR. This is what we do all the time around here, as witnessed by the chart you were just using. It is 24 pages long, funds the government until November 21, at which time you have the same leverage then that you have right now. And we have until the end of the year to fix the ACA credit issue, and we are happy--as I said yesterday and I said on multiple occasions--to sit down with you to do that.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Discussing the implications of a short-term continuing resolution and the ACA credit issue.

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