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Posts tagged as “John Thune”

Senator Thune Stacks Commerce Committee with Unqualified Sub-Cmte Chairs

Texas blogger Juanita Jean notes with dismay Senator John Thune's choices for subcommittee chairs on the Senate Commerce Committee that he chairs: Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), from a small state with no primary…

Thune Signals GOP Willing to Discuss Raising Gasoline Tax

Senator John Thune is promising sanity in Washington. Not only does he say "We're not going to shut the government down" in the GOP's ongoing attacks on President Obama, but he offers the home folks (i.e., Dennis Daugaard) some cover…

Thune Not, Not, Not Running for President in 2016

In February,Senator John Thune told Mark Twain Elementary second-graders he wasn't running for President. In April, Senator Thune said nope, not running for President. This week, Senator Thune tells The Hill pretty much the same thing—never say never, but right…

Thune Backs Cruz on Attempt to Torpedo Spending Bill on Immigration Gripe

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, like South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, continues to build his radical conservative brand for the next election by wasting the people's time by futilely bashing the President. During the Senate debate on the stopgap spending…

Thune, Noem Miss Point: Torture Is Evil, Un-American

America tortured detainees. We tortured human beings. The world is rightly outraged. We have it coming. We call ourselves the exceptional nation, and I'm fine with that if we can live up to that claim. We should be a beacon…