U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed Democrats’ continued push to abolish the legislative filibuster, a critical protection that ensures representation of the minority party in the Senate, helps forge bipartisan consensus, and upholds centuries of tradition and the Founders’ intent for the legislative branch. Thune has long advocated for... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), John Barrasso, (R-Wyo.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), also members of the Senate Finance Committee, today sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL)... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined 40 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Government Accountability Office Comptroller Gene L. Dodaro highlighting President Joe Biden’s suspension of border wall funding and construction without lawful justification, as required by the Impoundment Control Act. “On January 20th, in one of... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today reintroduced the bipartisan Platform Accountability and Transparency (PACT) Act with his colleague Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). The PACT Act would increase accountability for big internet platforms and enhance transparency regarding content moderation for online... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined several of his colleagues in introducing the Protect and Serve Act, legislation that would create federal penalties for individuals who deliberately target local, state, or federal law enforcement officers with violence. The legislation would support law enforcement officers by making it a federal crime to knowingly... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, today discussed his commitment to permanently repealing the death tax, a fundamentally unfair tax that can hit a family at the worst possible time. Thune discussed the consequences of the death tax, which is inefficient,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Hugh Hewitt’s radio show to discuss the importance of getting more kids back to in-person learning and what South Dakota schools have been doing right, the intensifying crisis at the southern border, and how Democrats are tying the hands of red-state governors, among... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today reintroduced legislation that would provide certainty to hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program during the COVID-19 public health emergency. “The 340B program has been critical... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today led his colleagues in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives in urging the Office of Management and Budget acting director to reject recommendations that would increase the population threshold for communities to be considered metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). In doing so, certain... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Rep. Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (R-Ariz.) in introducing the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act) to prohibit states, localities, or any other organization from using federal funding to maintain gun registries. The GRIP Act would clarify... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today expressed his strong opposition to Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s nominee to be HHS secretary. Thune acknowledged that Becerra does not represent the views of... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the recently passed COVID-19 spending bill and the Democrats’ failure to work in a bipartisan way. Thune also discussed the breakdown of where the $1.9 trillion will go, including a $350 billion slush fund for state and local governments, school funding that isn’t... Continue Reading
