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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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Jan 20, 2022

Mr. President, tomorrow, the streets of our Nation's Capital will be filled with Americans from across the country who have come to Washington, DC, to march for life. They come to nudge the conscience of our Nation, to remind all of us…

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Jan 20, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from…

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Jan 19, 2022

Mr. President, later today, we expect the Democrat leader to force a vote on undermining the filibuster in hopes of forcing through a Federal election takeover to give his party an advantage in future elections. Make no mistake about it…

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Jan 13, 2022

Mr. President, just a quick observation or two about what my colleagues from New Hampshire and Connecticut were just speaking to, and that is the issue of the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline. I intend to talk about another subject, but as I was…

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Jan 12, 2022

Madam President, the Democrats' campaign to break the Senate continues. I want to read a quote: The ideologues in the Senate want to turn what the Founding Fathers called the cooling saucer of democracy into the rubber stamp of…

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Jan 11, 2022

Mr. President, later today, President Biden will be speaking in Georgia as part of Democrats' effort to convince the American people that voting rights are under attack so they can justify their attempt to abolish the Senate filibuster to…

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Jan 11, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde- Smith), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 61, nays 29, as…

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Jan 11, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith). The result was announced--yeas 60, nays 31, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 4 Ex.] YEAS--60 Baldwin…

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Jan 10, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from North…

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Jan 5, 2022

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alaskas (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr…

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Jan 5, 2022

Mr. President, I had hoped we had put the idea of changing the Senate filibuster rule to bed when two Members of the Democratic Party in the Senate pledged to oppose any attempt to abolish the filibuster, but, unfortunately, the Democrat…

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Jan 5, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to complete my remarks before the vote gets underway. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection.

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