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    ‘It’s Got to Be Fixed’: Thune Weighs Moves to Sidestep Dems, Confirm More Trump Nominees
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday called for an end to Democrats’ obstruction of President Donald Trump’s nominees as he elaborated on his plan to accelerate the rate at which those nominees are confirmed in the Senate. “This is a business model that does not work when it comes to running and operating…
    Jacob Adams
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    John Thune to Steamroll Chuck Schumer’s Blockade of Trump Nominees Through ‘Nuclear Option’
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Republicans are on the verge of breaking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s stranglehold over the confirmation process, ending seven months of unprecedented obstruction that has sought to prevent President Donald Trump from staffing his administration. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is expected to invoke the rarely used “nuclear option” to reform…
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    Thune Presses Senate Democrats to Facilitate Confirming Trump Nominees
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune, facing a big backlog of unconfirmed judicial and executive branch nominees, is asking Senate Democrats to help confirm President Donald Trump’s less controversial picks in a legislative package. “I do think there at least some of my colleagues, Democrats, on the other side of the aisle, who would like to…
    George Caldwell
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    Thune Confident Budget Bill Remains on Track for Senate Passage
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared determined on Tuesday to keep the budget reconciliation bill on track to be passed in the Senate by July 4, even as he acknowledged that some Senate Republicans might in the end vote against the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill. “Could be,” Thune, R-S.D., said at the weekly Senate Republican…
    Jacob Adams
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    ‘Law Enforcement Needs All the Support’ We Can Give Them, Thune Says of Troops Sent to LA
    Senate Republicans weighed Tuesday in on the riots that have been occurring in Los Angeles, stressing support for law enforcement. The protests in LA quickly morphed into outbreaks of violence against law enforcement, prompting President Donald Trump to send in the California National Guard and U.S. Marines. A majority of registered voters support Trump’s deployment…
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    ‘We Have an Agenda,’ Thune Says of GOP Senators on Budget Bill
    “We’re anxious to have the ball and run with it,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Tuesday, referencing the budget reconciliation bill that has passed the House and is now being considered by the upper chamber.  The South Dakota Republican emphasized that he thought Republicans had a vision for what they would like to…
    Jacob Adams
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    Thune Battles Schumer on Holding Up Trump Nominees
    One of the Senate’s biggest fights is happening right now, but it is not getting much attention. President Donald Trump still has around 100 nominees on the Senate executive calendar who have yet to be confirmed, and Democrats are pulling all stops to delay the process. To be sure, Republican senators under Majority Leader John…
    George Caldwell
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    Thune Clears Way for Vote on Ending California’s EV Mandate
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has overcome Democrat opposition to proceeding to a vote this week on overturning California’s electric vehicle mandate.  In a 53-to-46 party-line vote, the Senate on Wednesday moved to proceed with a vote on revoking a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency exemption that enabled California to ban the sales of new…
    Jacob Adams
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    Thune Faces Tough Call on Overturning Electric Vehicle Mandate
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is facing a tough decision in the Senate, one that might determine whether or not California is saddled with an electric vehicle mandate in the near future. At the end of his term, former President Joe Biden granted California an Environmental Protection Agency waiver, allowing it to implement regulations…
    George Caldwell
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    Thune Officially Minted Senate Majority Leader, Promises to Keep Filibuster
    Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., took office as Senate majority leader Friday, telling fellow senators in his introductory speech that he would be a moderating force in government as Republicans attempt to pursue an aggressive agenda in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Thune promised to protect the filibuster rule—which Trump has previously criticized—in order…
    George Caldwell
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