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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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Sep 13, 2025

It’s something that, yeah, some of our members are paying attention to.

nbcnews.com
Sep 12, 2025

We’re going to fix this today, and restore the longtime Senate precedent of expeditious confirmation, and the Senate’s role as first and foremost a legislative body.

nypost.com
Sep 11, 2025

If they aren't willing to do that, then we'll proceed with the other plan.

cbsnews.com
Sep 11, 2025

It’s time to move. Time to quit stalling. Time to vote. Time to fix this place.

nbcnews.com
Sep 11, 2025

We've got a crisis, and it's time to take steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what once was understood to be standard practice, and that is the Senate acting expeditiously on presidential nominations to allow a…

cbsnews.com
Sep 10, 2025

There’s a dispute about whether that’s really his signature, so it’s just going to be argued back and forth.

newrepublic.com
Sep 8, 2025

It’s time to take steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what once was understood to be standard practice — and that is the Senate acting expeditiously on presidential nominations to allow a president to get his team…

nbcnews.com
Sep 7, 2025

He’s got to take responsibility for, you know: We confirm these people. We go through a lot of work to get them confirmed. And they’re in office a month?

thehill.com
Sep 2, 2025

I hope that the process will continue in a bipartisan way as we move toward the September deadline.

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

There's certainly interest in looking at options that might enable us to break the logjam and expedite consideration of nominees in a way that, in the end, would benefit both parties when their party has the presidency.

cbsnews.com
Jul 30, 2025

At some point, we may need to look at doing things differently on nominees generally, if the Democrats continue this path of obstruction that they're on right now.

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