U.S. Senator John Thune, along with Senators Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), introduced legislation to restore the definition of “full-time” work under ObamaCare to 40 hours a week and exempt more small businesses from the employer mandate. The Small... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, led a number of his colleagues today in introducing legislation that would stimulate job creation through energy development, ObamaCare relief, regulatory reform, and tax relief that is targeted to increase small business investment. Thune’s Good Jobs, Good Wages, and Good... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, commended the members of the European Parliament on their decision to extend the moratorium on aviation emission taxes from being collected on flights into and out of the European Union (EU) through 2016. “This... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today sent letters to senior officials of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Canadian Pacific (CP) railroads expressing concerns about the recent sharp decline in reliable rail service in South Dakota. “Over the past two months I have heard from an increasing number of... Continue Reading
Following Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) refusal to consider any Republican amendments to the emergency unemployment insurance extension bill (H.R. 2874), U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) took to the Senate floor to ask unanimous consent for his amendment to hold the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) accountable to taxpayers by... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and 33 of their Senate Republican colleagues today sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Strickling, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), seeking clarification regarding the recent announcement that NTIA intends to relinquish responsibility of the... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced two amendments to the long-term unemployment insurance extension legislation being debated in the Senate that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing costly regulations that result in lost jobs and increased energy costs for South Dakota families and small businesses. “The... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy calling on the agency to drop proposed burdensome requirements on new wood stoves and work with Congress and manufacturers to reconfigure the proposed New Source Performance Standards. The EPA’s new proposed rule on... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following comment in advance of ObamaCare’s fourth anniversary this Sunday, March 23: “Four years after ObamaCare became the law of the land, millions of Americans have little but canceled policies, fewer choices, and skyrocketing costs... Continue Reading
Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), John Thune (R-S.D.) and 22 of their Republican colleagues today called on the Obama administration to immediately rescind its rule creating an unwarranted special carveout for some unions from Obamacare fees. In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell,... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced an amendment (S.Amdt. 2838) that was added by voice vote to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Reauthorization bill (S. 1086). The amendment specifies that child care certificates, which provide greater parental choice in selecting child care facilities, are an option for states... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and John Walsh (D-Mont.), along with Representatives Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Brigadier General John Kem of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers... Continue Reading
