Senator Thune agrees with the previous speaker's point.
05/18/2010
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Democrats are well aware of the damage of a government shutdown.
We ought to be very guarded in making broad assertions and make sure that they are well grounded in science and medicine
There’s a dispute about whether that’s really his signature, so it’s just going to be argued back and forth.
This decision, in my judgment at this point in time, is up to a handful of Democrats.