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John Thune

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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.

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 86 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 88 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin…

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 87 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 92 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin…

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would have voted ``aye.'' The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 56, nays 41, as follows…

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 89 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin…

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 61, nays 36, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 93 Ex.] YEAS--61 Baldwin…

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Mar 16, 2022

Madam President, on Thursday, the February inflation numbers were released, and the news wasn't pretty. Inflation for February was 7.9 percent, the highest inflation since January of 1982-- January of 1982, 40 years ago. We are in the grip…

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 90 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin…

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Mar 16, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 91 Ex.] YEAS--53 Baldwin…

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Mar 15, 2022

Mr. President, Friday marked the first anniversary of the so-called American Rescue Plan, which is the Democrats' partisan $1.9 trillion spending spree. Fittingly, the anniversary arrived just 1 day after the release of February's…

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Mar 14, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Ohio (Mr…

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