A Tale of Two Parties on Reconciliation
SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE WORKING TOWARD A TARGETED RECONCILIATION BILL TO FUND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER SECURITY AFTER DEMOCRATS ABDICATED THEIR DUTY TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT “Now is not the time to defund Border Patrol, and now is certainly not the time to put ICE out of business. These men and women have been dealing with […]
Thune Joins America’s Newsroom on Fox News
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News. On the War Powers Act: “I think that the Democrats … are almost cheering against American success in this region, which obviously strikes at the very heart of America’s national security interest. So it’s really unfortunate […]
Thune: Republicans Stand With Law Enforcement, Reject Democrats’ Defund the Police Agenda
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “As you all know, the Senate this year has passed 11 of the 12 appropriations bills. “We did that in a way, we wanted to get […]
Thune on Democrats’ Refusal to Fund Law Enforcement
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, if it were up to Republicans, we would have finished the appropriations process months ago. “We made a lot of progress on restoring the […]
Democrats Abandon Law Enforcement and the Appropriations Process
“Republicans are doing something that must be done quickly, and that our Democrat colleagues are trying to prevent us from doing. That something is simple: fully fund Border Patrol and ICE at a time of great threat to the United States. With this budget resolution, we are moving forward – not backward – on rational […]
Thune: Republicans Deliver on Tax Cuts for Working Families
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, Tax Day was last week, and I’d like to read a brief excerpt from a Washington Post article. “The title of this article? “‘Tax […]
Republicans Delivered Historic Tax Relief
AMERICANS KEPT MORE OF THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY THIS TAX DAY – AND THAT’S CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION (Click here to watch) “All these things are working. Filing season may be ending, but the benefits of the Working Families Tax Cuts are not.” – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) “This Tax Day, more people might […]
Thune on Republicans’ Plan to Fund ICE and Border Patrol Through Reconciliation
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, one thing you can always count on is that Democrats have a lot of nerve. “The Democrat leader has been out and about this […]
Thune Joins Fox News and Newsmax
Click here to watch Fox News and here to watch Newsmax. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News and Greta Van Susteren on Newsmax. On the Working Families Tax Cuts: “[T]he returns that are being filed this year, on average, the refunds are [nearly 20] percent […]
Republicans Will Not Let Democrats Defund Border Security
WHILE DEMOCRATS HAVE REFUSED TO FUND ALL OF DHS AND PAY THOSE WHO WORK TO SECURE AMERICA’S BORDERS, REPUBLICANS WILL ENSURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO KEEP DOING THEIR JOBS “Thanks to our foresight in the Working Families Tax Cuts, immigration enforcement and border security are funded through the end of this fiscal […]