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John Randolph Thune is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Thune has been a prominent figure in national politics, focusing on issues such as immigration enforcement, border security, and federal worker compensation. He has played a significant role in shaping Republican policy in Congress and has been involved in various legislative initiatives throughout his tenure.
today the Senate is taking the final step to send much-needed legislation to protect consumers from robocalls to the President's desk. I think we had hoped that this would be able to be passed with a couple of other bills coming out of the…
I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…
I move to concur in the House amendment, and I know of no further debate on the motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the motion to concur? If not, the question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to.
I ask unanimous consent that the cloture motions on Executive Calendar Nos. 234 and 349 be withdrawn; further, that the confirmation votes on the nominations occur in the series of votes in the previous order, with all other provisions…
we are wrapping up the year in the Senate, and I am looking forward to getting home to South Dakota for Christmas. Before we leave, we will wrap up this year's spending bills, including the Defense funding bill. Yesterday we passed the…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul).
I have 4 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…
I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding provisions of rule XXII, at 4 p.m. today, the Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture filed on Monday's session of the Senate in the order filed. I further ask that if cloture is invoked…
The following Senators are ncessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson).
Well stated. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
I ask unanimous consent that following the first vote in the series, the votes be 10 minutes each.
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from South Dakota.
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul).
December 22 will mark an anniversary, the second anniversary of the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Tax reform was a big priority for Republicans. We wanted to help American families by reducing their tax burden and spurring the kind…
I ask unanimous consent that the senior Senator from South Dakota and junior Senator from Tennessee be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions during today's session of the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from…
every American has had to deal with annoying and illegal robocalls. All of us have been interrupted at one time or another by a robocall's announcing ``You have won a prize'' or claiming to need important banking information so that our…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby).
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul). Further, if present and…
over in the House this week, Democrats are taking up the latest installment in their campaign to have the government take over Americans' healthcare: the Pelosi prescription drug bill. There is no question that high prescription drug costs…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul).
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul).
it should come as no surprise that I might have a different point of view than the Democrat leader when it comes to the issue of net neutrality. If you look at what has happened since the FCC ruled on this, there were all these terrible…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr…
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2990 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
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