Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold portions of the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement: “Prior to the passage of ObamaCare, Speaker Pelosi infamously said Congress had to pass the bill to ‘find out what is in it,’ and two years later... Continue Reading
Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. John Thune today sent a follow-up letter to the Department of Energy again requesting that the Obama Administration explain its selection of a luxury automaker – now described as “troubled” — for a $529 million federal loan for advanced technology vehicles manufacturing. The federal government... Continue Reading
An agreement has been struck to include legislation offered by Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the Sequestration Transparency Act, as part of an amendment to the Farm Bill requiring the Obama administration to provide Congress with its plan for implementing the required sequestration cuts that will occur... Continue Reading
Today the Senate completed work on the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (Farm Bill), passing the measure by a vote of 64 to 35. As a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Senator Thune helped draft a Farm Bill that significantly reforms or... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined with Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) in releasing a letter today sent to Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.). In their letter, the Senators urge Conrad to promptly schedule a committee meeting to consider the... Continue Reading
Washington, DC — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), International Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member John Thune (R-S.D.), Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) unveiled legislation today to enable American businesses to pursue new job-creating export opportunities in Russia when... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.–U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s comment earlier today that the “private sector is doing fine” despite a record 40 consecutive weeks of unemployment above 8 percent: “President Obama’s statement earlier today that the `private sector... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In November of last year, Senators Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), and Representative Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting additional funding for the fight against the mountain pine beetle infestation in the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF). Today,... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John Thune issued the following statement today regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s May jobs report stating the national unemployment rate has increased to 8.2 percent: “Today’s weak jobs report further confirms what nearly 13 million unemployed Americans already knew, that the Obama economy isn’t working. It isn’t... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) have worked in a bipartisan manner with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to include a series of Impact Aid amendments to the Committee-passed Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will improve program efficiency by simplifying payment calculation,... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today was joined by Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) in introducing the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 (S.3228), a bill requiring the Obama administration to provide Congress with... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Following the Senate’s overwhelming rejection of President Barack Obama’s budget proposal by a vote of 99-0 today, Senator John Thune, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement: “For the second year in a row, Senate Republicans and Democrats alike have soundly rejected the president’s tax... Continue Reading
