Democrats’ Obstruction Knows No Bounds
FEARING THEIR PROGRESSIVE BASE, SENATE DEMOCRATS SEEM INTENT ON SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT “House Republicans are charging ahead with their Nov. 21 CR. The measure is relatively clean, meaning it doesn’t have partisan policy riders. Democrats seem to agree, because they’re attacking what’s not in the bill — health care provisions — rather than what […]
Thune: Promises Made, Promises Kept: A Secure Southern Border
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 there’s one thing for sure, it’s that things look very different at the southern border these days than they did a year ago. […]
Thune: Shutdown Schumer Strikes Again
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, I’m going to speak in just a moment about the border, but just to kind of set the stage a little bit on sort […]
Schumer vs. Schumer on “Harmful and Unnecessary” Government Shutdowns
IN RECENT YEARS, LEADER SCHUMER HAS EMPHASIZED THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS A SHUTDOWN WOULD HAVE ON EVERYONE, INCLUDING VETERANS, FARMERS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES “Avoiding a shutdown is very good news for the country, for our veterans, for parents and children, and for farmers and small businesses – all of whom would have felt the sting had […]
Democrats’ Historic Obstruction Hits New Lows
LED BY SENATE DEMOCRAT LEADER SCHUMER, DEMOCRATS HAVE SUNK TO NEW LOWS IN BLOCKING SWIFT CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY NOMINEES “For months, I’ve repeatedly tried to engage my Democratic colleagues to end their obstruction. I’ve warned that their tactics ultimately hurt the American people and will lead to lasting damage to the Senate as an […]
Thune: Time’s Up for Democrat Obstructionists
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): “I would just say to my colleagues on the Democrat side: How much time is enough? “How much time is enough? “The proposal that we are […]
Thune: Republicans Reverse Course on Democrats’ Historic Obstruction
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, later today the Senate will move forward on amending the Senate rules to restore the Senate precedent of en bloc confirmation of presidential nominees. […]
Thune Reflects on 24th Anniversary of 9/11
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, 24 years ago, on a bright September day whose blue sky I still remember, terrorists hijacked four planes and flew three of them into […]
Thune: Republicans Protect Decades of Senate Precedent on Confirmations
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, as expected, there has been some Democrat commentary on the process I initiated Monday: a process to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate […]
Thune: Republicans Deliver Working Families Tax Relief
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, a new report came out last month detailing who benefits from the working families tax relief that Republicans enacted in the One Big Beautiful […]