Senator John Thune
Republican • South Dakota • 4th Term • Sworn In 1997
- 14 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 79 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 32 of 100)
- 129 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 61 of 100) 2 Made Into Law (Ranks 71 of 100)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. John Barrasso
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Sen. Richard Durbin
- Votes with party 94%
- Abstains: 0%
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[STATS] Good Week for the GOP on Facebook - General News
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota added more than 2600 fans, a nearly 5% gain. Sens. David Vitter (LA) and freshman Scott Brown (MA) also had good showings this week, claiming the #3 and #4 fastest growing spots, with Democrat Blanche ...
Flooding might affect North Dakota Republican convention | INFORUM ...
Party endorsements for the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and North Dakota attorney general were originally scheduled for the afternoon, but will now immediately follow the keynote speech by Sen. John Thune, R-S. ...
Not So Fast! Challenges Could Drag Out Health Bill Votes
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill Jan. 20. From left are: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. , McConnell, and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. (AP Photo) ...
Not So Fast! Challenges Could Drag Out Health Bill Votes « Pesky ...
And so on. Republicans see this as likely. “It would in any case have to go back to the House of Representatives,” said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. The prospect of a prolonged health care debate surely doesn't sit well with many Democrats, ...
Mario Piperni dot Com » Blog Archive » Looking For Waterloo In All ...
Republican Senator John Thune summed up Republican strategy in a single phrase. “Throwing grenades is easier than catching them.” People die as Republicans play politics and if ever an entire political party deserved a collective 'Fuck ...
Health Care By the Numbers - webcastr.com
GOP Attacks Democratic Health Care Plan In the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota contends... more · California Cuts Health Care Services California health programs will lose more than a billion ...
American Political And Economic Chautauqua: McCain and Lieberman's ...
The bill now has eight Republican co-sponsors: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (GA), Sen. James Inhofe (OK), Sen. George LeMieux (FL), Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), Sen. John Thune (SD), Sen. David Vitter (LA), Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), and the ...
ZinOwl: ObamaCare: Challenges Could Delay Health Bill Votes ...
And then if the House changes it, then the Senate has to take it up again. And so on. Republicans see this as likely. "It would in any case have to go back to the House of Representatives," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. ...
Thune 2012? « Loudounlady's Blog
Filed under: John Thune — loudounlady @ 4:17 pm. Let me hear what you think about Senator John Thune's discussion on the reconciliation plan. Any of you think he'd be a good candidate in 2012? Let me know your thoughts. Leave a Comment ...
Letters from Mr. Sunshine: McCain and Lieberman's "Enemy ...
The bill now has eight Republican co-sponsors: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (GA), Sen. James Inhofe (OK), Sen. George LeMieux (FL), Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), Sen. John Thune (SD), Sen. David Vitter (LA), Sen. Roger Wicker (MS), and the ...
John Thune on the abduction amendment
John Thune on the abduction amendment. Why did he vote against Senator Al Franken's amendment that would prevent the government from rewarding contracts to employers that force rape victims into binding arbitration? ...
Breaking News » Blog Archive » Can this Bill be Stopped?
Republican Policy Committee Chairman John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire have developed a strategy to strike major elements of the reconciliation bill, including changes to the special Medicaid deal for ...
Ron Paul Tops Jim DeMint, Wins March Madness Pool
Six were current members of the U.S. Senate, including DeMint: Jon Kyl of Arizona, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Jon Ensign of Nevada and John Thune of South Dakota. There was one former senator: Nebraska's Chuck ...
Fox News Channel Pre-Party at the Radio & TV Dinner | Washington ...
On the Congressional side, the Republican load factor (Donald Rumsfeld, Fred Thompson, Rep. Roy Blount, Sen. Bill First, Sen. John Thune, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman and Sen. ...
Lehigh Valley Clancularius Introspectives (LVCI): Health Care Reform
“Throwing grenades is easier than catching them,” acknowledged Senator John Thune of South Dakota, a fellow member of the Republican leadership. “Their goal,” said Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the Democratic whip, ...
Defense Legislation: Gun Control Legislation
In addition, in the 111th Congress, an amendment offered by Senator John Thune to the FY2010 Defense Authorization Act (S. 1390) was narrowly defeated that would have provided for national reciprocity between states regarding the ...
Southeast AgNET » Archive » Farm State Senators Oppose Proposed ...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), a senior member of the Committee, announced they sent a letter to the President opposing budget cuts to farm p
Fox News Channel Pre-Party at the Radio & TV Dinner | Washington ...
Roy Blount, Sen. Bill First, Sen. John Thune, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman and Sen. Arlen Specter), appeared to be evenly counterbalanced by high-powered Congressional Dems working the ...
Republicans plot ways to block health reform in Senate - Carrie ...
Under a strategy developed by Republican Policy Committee Chairman John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Republicans are plotting ways to strike major elements of the reconciliation bill, including changes to ...
The Huddle - POLITICO.com
Manu Raju and Carrie Budoff Brown in POLITICO: “Under a strategy developed by Republican Policy Committee Chairman John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Republicans are plotting ways to strike major elements ...
City on a Hill Political Observer: A Study in Contrasts: Barack ...
Haley Barbour/Bobby Jindal/John Thune These two governors and senator hail from the more conservative wing of the party. They are, however, big fans of the establishment and this is not something that conservative activists are ...
Herseth Sandlin is on the ballot « Pure Pierre Politics
The first candidate to file in was Secretary of State Chris Nelson. To this point he is the only Republican. The deadline is March 30. Meanwhile U.S. Sen. John Thune, a Republican, is the only candidate filed for the U.S. Senate ...
Input Junkie - Such other matters as the President considers ...
Anyway, here are the sponsors of the bill: Sen. John McCain [R-AZ] Scott Brown [R-MA] Saxby Chambliss [R-GA] James Inhofe [R-OK] George LeMieux [R-FL] Joseph Lieberman [I-CT] Jefferson Sessions [R-AL] John Thune [R-SD] ...
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » CBO scores are in
... aide or two – in theory possibly hampering his effectiveness as a Senator (giggle). Why he might have even made poor John Thune sad when he called Thune out for being a posturing horse's ass over Thune's comments about the HCR bill. ...
Would you eat your dog? - DogBanter
And dogs are carnivores and they love cow! So would you eat your dog? Why or why not? FurPaw -- We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts. - Sen. Al Franken (D) to Sen. John Thune (R) ...
Senate G.O.P. Leader Finds Weapon in Party Unity : rss broadcast
“Throwing grenades is easier than catching them,” acknowledged Senator John Thune of South Dakota, a fellow member of the Republican leadership. Filed under Politics · Tagged with Democratic Party, Health Insurance and Managed Care, ...
Republicist: The Madness
Then today we received South Dakota Senator John Thune's bracket. Constituents and supporters can submit their own bracket to challenge him and win "Thune Gear." Senator Thune of course did not receive the same publicity as what some ...
Progressive Breakfast: Conservatives Deemed Hypocrites | OurFuture.org
In a positive sign for the bill's Senate prospects, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), No. 4 in GOP leadership said ... 'a lot of our people do want to vote for something.'" GOP has no strategy on financial reform yet, reports Roll Call: "More
Quebec: Cracking Down on Accommodations to Muslims! | Conservative ...
Senator John Thune: say no to health care. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:16:58 GMT. In spite of bipartisan opposition to the Pelosi/Reid/Obama health care legislation, Democrats in Congress are attempting to pass this ill-considered bill on a ...
GOP pushes back on Dodd schedule
Republicans on the banking committee are not pleased with Chairman Chris Dodd’s decision to start formal committee consideration of his 1,336-page financial reform bill on Monday, a mere week after he unveiled the latest draft of the complex
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