T000250 1961-01-07 7692 493 Russell Senate Office Building http://thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email 202-228-5429 John 'r':4 'sd':5 'sen':1 'john':2,6,8 'thune':3,7,9 M 400546 Thune John_Thune Sen. John Thune [R, SD] 3417 N00004572 10157 Republican 202-224-2321 SD John Thune 6.0 http://thune.senate.gov/public/ JohnThune 400546 Person republican Tue Feb 09 11:26:42 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...of cash to an array of GOP members and candidates this cycle,” CQ writes. “Leading the way in largesse are South Dakota Sen. John Thune ’s Heartland Values PAC, which made $118,000 in contributions in 2009, all to Republican senators or would-be s 'cq':18 '000':38 '118':37 'gop':1,12 'men':5 'pac':4,34 'sen':28 'way':22 '2009':42 'cash':7 'cycl':17 'john':29 'lead':20 'made':36 'valu':33 'array':10 'msnbc':52 'senat':46 'south':26 'thune':30 'watch':2 'would':49 'write':19 'candid':15 'dakota':27 'member':13 'largess':24 'pac-men':3 'would-b':48 'contribut':40 'heartland':32 'republican':45 7537681 true true daylife MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ OK http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/02/09/2197840.aspx 400546 Person republican Tue Feb 09 11:26:42 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...in Washington. From left to right are: Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite WASHINGTON — The Republicans' first test of the 'd':40 'r':20,26,32,38 'ky':27 'cod':57 'gop':8 'jon':17 'kyl':18 'r-s':37 'sen':16,22,28,34,42 'ariz':21 'cape':56 'john':29,35 'left':12 'nlrb':3 'r-ki':25 'test':6,53 'texa':33 'vote':1 'first':5,52 'mitch':23 'onlin':58 'right':14 'scott':47 'thune':36 'cornyn':30 'nomine':4 'r-ariz':19 'r-texa':31 'robert':43 'bennett':44 'photo/j':46 'mcconnel':24 'applewhit':48 'r-utah.ap':45 'republican':51 'washington':10,49 7537679 true true daylife Cape Cod Online http://www.capecodonline.com/ OK http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100209/NEWS11/100209751/-1/rss04 400546 Person republican Tue Feb 09 11:26:42 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...out large amounts of cash to an array of GOP members and candidates this cycle. Leading the way in largesse are South Dakota Sen. John Thune ’s Heartland Values PAC, which made $118,000 in contributions in 2009, all to Republican senators or would-be 'cq':56 '000':43 '118':42 'eye':7 'gop':3,19 'pac':39 'sen':33 'way':27 '2009':47 '2012':9 'cash':14 'cycl':24 'john':34 'larg':11 'lead':25 'made':41 'valu':38 'array':17 'polit':57 'senat':51 'south':31 'thune':35 'would':54 'amount':12 'candid':22 'dakota':32 'member':20 'spread':1 'wealth':4 'largess':29 'would-b':53 'contribut':45 'heartland':37 'republican':50 7537680 true true daylife CQ Politics http://www.cqpolitics.com/president_2008/index.html OK http://www.cqpolitics.com/news-000003291956 400546 Person sen\. Sun Feb 07 11:22:41 -0600 2010 Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...The Nation hosts a roundtable with Governors Haley Barbour (R-Miss.), Ed Rendell (D-Penn.), Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.). Bob Schieffer notes that the American people have long been ready for change; an end to partisan politi 'd':24,29,38 'r':19,36 'ed':21 'bob':39 'cbs':57 'end':53 'r-s':35 'sen':32 'bowl':4 'host':11 'john':33 'long':47 'mich':30 'miss':20 'news':58 'note':41 'part':5 'penn':25 'chang':51 'haley':16 'peopl':45 'readi':49 'super':3 'thune':34 'video':1 'cultur':8 'd-mich':28 'd-penn':23 'jennif':26 'nation':10 'politi':56 'r-miss':18 'rendel':22 'barbour':17 'american':44 'governor':15 'granholm':27 'partisan':55 'roundtabl':13 'schieffer':40 7521121 true true daylife CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/ OK http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsFTN/~3/naZyCepcgxk/ 400546 Person republican Sun Feb 07 22:29:19 -0600 2010 Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010 But the mention of Sen. John Thune -- the under-the-radar conservative Republican from South Dakota -- spurred loud clapping. Finally, when asked about the ... 'ask':23 'sen':5 'clap':20 'john':6 'loud':19 'news':27 'spur':18 'final':21 'radar':12 'south':16 'thune':7 'yahoo':26 'dakota':17 'conserv':13 'mention':3 'republican':14 'under-the-radar':9 7526412 true true google news Yahoo! News OK http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/palin-whips-up-tea-party-convention/article1459018/ 400546 Person senate Sat Feb 06 22:23:50 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...politicians. Her political action committee, SarahPAC, has given to more than a dozen candidates, including Sens. John Thune (S.D.) and Chuck Grassley (Iowa), as well as former Rep. Rob Portman (R), who’s running for Senate in Ohio. But until this wee 'r':38 'rep':35 'rob':36 'run':41 's.d':26 'sen':23 'wee':49 '2010':5 'hill':51 'iowa':30 'john':24 'make':3 'ohio':45 'well':32 'chuck':28 'dozen':20 'first':4 'given':15 'palin':1 'polit':10 'senat':43 'thune':25 'action':11 'appear':7 'candid':21 'former':34 'includ':22 'portman':37 'campaign':6 'committe':12 'grassley':29 'sarahpac':13 'politician':8 7518076 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/80041-palin-to-make-first-2010-campaign-appearance-sunday 400546 Person sen\. Sun Feb 07 22:29:19 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Franken also clashed with South Dakota Sen. John Thune, No. 4 in GOP leadership, last month in a scathing speech during the health care debate, and staffers ... '4':11 'gop':13 'sen':7 'also':2 'care':24 'john':8 'last':15 'clash':3 'debat':25 'month':16 'scath':19 'south':5 'thune':9 'dakota':6 'health':23 'speech':20 'franken':1 'staffer':27 'leadership':14 'true/slant':28 7526411 true true google news True/Slant OK http://technorati.com/politics/article/theres-al-franken-bustin-skulls-everywhere/ 400546 Person senate Fri Feb 05 11:33:41 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...House is not going to work in the Senate," Manley said. "Any bill, even a jobs bill, is subject to filibuster in the Senate." Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., says what will matter most is what is ultimately included in the bill. Still, he said, a smaller propo 'd':37 'r':35 'go':10 'abc':57 'dem':1 'job':22 'new':3 'r-s':34 'say':38 'sen':31 'bill':19,23,50 'even':20 'hous':7 'john':32 'news':58 'said':17,53 'take':2 'work':12 'propo':56 'senat':15,30 'still':51 'thune':33 'ultim':46 'includ':47 'manley':16 'matter':41 'jobless':6 'smaller':55 'subject':25 'approach':4 'filibust':27 7500855 true true daylife ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/ OK http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dems-approach-joblessness/story?id=9753255 400546 Person democrat Fri Feb 05 11:33:41 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...he has a lot of brass. As Politico notes, Franken called out both Tennessee Senator Bob Corker as well as South Dakota Sen. John Thune on separate occasions. Unfortunately for the Democrats, though, Franken stands out as the exception. That's why Novemb 'bob':24 'cbs':52 'dem':2 'gut':4 'lot':12 'sen':31 'call':19 'john':32 'must':5 'news':53 'note':17 'well':27 'brass':14 'occas':36 'senat':23 'separ':35 'south':29 'stand':43 'thune':33 'corker':25 'dakota':30 'except':47 'mistak':8 'novemb':51 'though':41 'franken':18,42 'democrat':40 'politico':16 'tennesse':22 'unfortun':37 7500856 true true daylife CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/ OK http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/05/blogs/coopscorner/entry6176062.shtml 400546 Person sen\. Fri Feb 05 22:34:21 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...and a staff member in a follow-up meeting about the matter, several people said. Franken also clashed with South Dakota Sen. John Thune, No. 4 in GOP leadership, last month in a scathing speech during the health care debate, and staffers have reported o '4':42 'o':61 'al':2 'gop':44 'sen':38 'also':33 'care':13,55 'john':39 'lack':7 'last':46 'meet':25 'said':31 'blast':4 'clash':34 'debat':56 'initi':15 'month':47 'peopl':30 'scath':50 'sever':29 'south':36 'staff':18 'thune':40 'dakota':37 'follow':23 'health':12,54 'matter':28 'member':19 'report':60 'speech':51 'aggress':1 'franken':3,32 'staffer':58 'administr':5 'follow-up':22 'health-car':11 'leadership':9,45 'twincities.com':62 7508782 true true daylife TwinCities.com http://www.twincities.com/ OK http://www.twincities.com/ci_14340952?source=rss_viewed 400546 Person senator Tue Feb 09 11:26:38 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 And CQ Politics examines how G.O.P. leaders like Senator John Thune of South Dakota and former Gov. Mitt Romney have doled out thousands of dollars from their political action committees to needy candidates. ... 'cq':11 'gov':26 'blog':8 'dole':30 'john':19 'like':17 'mitt':27 'snow':5 'word':3 'earli':2 'g.o.p':15 'needi':41 'polit':12,37 'senat':18 'south':22 'thune':20 'action':38 'candid':42 'caucus':7,44 'dakota':23 'dollar':34 'examin':13 'former':25 'leader':16 'romney':28 'committe':39 'thousand':32 'nytimes.com':9 7537675 false true google blog The Caucus http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/ OK http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/the-early-word-more-snow/ 400546 Person republican Tue Feb 09 11:26:38 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Helping bring home this dirty, deficit-boosting, dependency-inspiring federal money—Republican Senator John Thune: Originally, Forest Service officials said the money would not be used directly in South Dakota but would be focused on ... 'use':39 'agre':4 'good':11 'govt':6 'help':12 'home':14 'john':27 'pine':9 'said':33 'time':2,50 'beetl':10 'boost':19 'bring':13 'dirti':16 'feder':23 'focus':47 'money':7,24,35 'senat':26 'south':42 'spend':5 'thune':3,28 'would':36,45 'dakota':43 'depend':21 'direct':40 'forest':30 'inspir':22 'offici':32 'origin':29 'servic':31 'deficit':18 'madvill':1,49 'republican':25 'deficit-boost':17 'dependency-inspir':20 7537676 false true google blog Madville Times http://madvilletimes.blogspot.com/ OK http://madvilletimes.blogspot.com/2010/02/thune-agrees-spending-govt-money-on.html 400546 Person sen\. Tue Feb 09 11:26:37 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Jim DeMint and Sen. John Thune.” When asked repeatedly to comment on their history of highly controversial, often race-tinged ads, Prill preferred to talk about their track record of winning elections, calling Howell and Company “one of ... 'ad':32 'ask':18 'hit':9 'jim':11 'man':10 'one':48 'sen':14 'win':42 'call':44 'high':26 'hire':8 'john':15 'race':30 'show':4 'talk':36 'ting':31 'elect':43 'howel':45 'often':28 'prill':33 'thune':16 'track':39 'demint':12 'financ':2 'prefer':34 'record':40 'repeat':19 'report':3 'comment':21 'compani':47 'histori':24 'messeng':51 'bouchard':5 'campaign':1,6 'michigan':50 'race-ting':29 'controversi':27 7537674 false true google blog Michigan Messenger http://michiganmessenger.com/ OK http://michiganmessenger.com/34437/campaign-finance-reports-show-bouchard-campaign-has-hired-hit-man-political-firm 400546 Person senate Tue Feb 09 11:26:38 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010 The fallout of Sen. Scott Brown's victory continues to send shock-waves through Washington's establishment from both parties. The following analysis is where things sit as of 9 February 2010. I look for things to continue to improve for ..... Sens '9':41 'sen':14,53 'sit':38 '2010':2,43 'blog':9 'look':45 'send':21 'wave':24 'brown':16 'earli':5 'parti':31 'scott':15 'senat':1 'shock':23 'thing':37,47 'follow':33 'improv':51 'analysi':3,34 'continu':19,49 'fallout':12 'gandalf':7 'redstat':10,54 'victori':18 'februari':6,42 'establish':28 'shock-wav':22 'washington':26 'early-februari':4 7537677 false true google blog RedState http://www.redstate.com/tags/ OK http://www.redstate.com/gandalf/2010/02/09/senate-2010-analysis-early-february/ 400546 Person republican Mon Feb 08 11:13:06 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 As Senator John Thune said, it's like putting a Band-Aid on a self- inflicted gunshot wound. We need to go further. Cut spending. Don't just simply slow down a spending spree. And we've got to axe the plans for a second stimulus when ... 'go':32 've':47 'aid':22 'axe':50 'cut':34 'got':48 'put':18 'band':21 'blog':4,61 'john':12 'like':17 'need':30 'plan':52 'said':14 'self':25 'slow':40 'palin':6 'sarah':5 'senat':11 'spend':35,43 'spree':44 'thune':13 'wound':28 'keynot':7 'nation':2,59 'second':55 'simpli':39 'speech':8 'convent':3,60 'gunshot':27 'inflict':26 'band-aid':20 'stimulus':56 'republican':1,58 7529617 false true google blog Republican National Convention Blog http://rncnyc2004.blogspot.com/ OK http://rncnyc2004.blogspot.com/2010/02/sarah-palin-keynote-speech-at-national_08.html 400546 Person senator Mon Feb 08 22:20:55 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Senator Al Franken introduced an amendment to the FY2010 Defense Appropriations Bill. Put simply, the amendment would prevent federal money from going to any company that had such a clause in their employee contracts. ... John Thune (R-SD) David Vitter (R 'r':44,48 'al':8 'go':28 'sd':45 'put':19 'bill':18 'cute':49 'john':41 'r-sd':43 'visp':1 'amend':12,22 'claus':36 'david':46 'feder':25 'money':26 'senat':7 'thune':42 'usual':5 'would':23 'defens':16 'fy2010':15 'preach':6 'simpli':20 'vitter':47 'compani':31 'employe':39 'franken':9 'prevent':24 'appropri':17 'carnivor':51 'contract':40 'introduc':10 7532442 false true google blog Cute but Carnivorous http://visp.livejournal.com/ OK http://visp.livejournal.com/151398.html 400546 Person senator Mon Feb 08 22:20:56 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 As Senator John Thune said, it's like putting a Band-Aid on a self- inflicted gunshot wound. We need to go further. Cut spending. Don't just simply slow down a spending spree and we've got to axe the plans for a second stimulus when the ... 'go':33 've':48 'aid':23 'axe':51 'cut':35 'got':49 'put':19 'tea':10 'band':22 'john':13 'like':18 'need':31 'plan':53 'said':15 'self':26 'slow':41 'palin':7 'sarah':6 'senat':12 'speak':8 'spend':36,44 'spree':45 'thune':14 'wound':29 'second':56 'simpli':40 'confess':1,60 'conserv':5,64 'gunshot':28 'inflict':27 'band-aid':21 'colorado':4,63 'stimulus':57 7532444 false true google blog Confessions of a Colorado Conservative http://donpettygrove.blogspot.com/ OK http://donpettygrove.blogspot.com/2010/02/sarah-palin-speaks-at-tea-party.html 400546 Person congress Mon Feb 08 22:20:55 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Maybe a Paul Ryan, a Bobby Jindal, a Mitch Daniels, a John Thune or maybe Tim Pawlenty. “It is not good to cultivate a respect so much for the law as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time ... She wouldn&# 'key':2 'law':40 'tim':26 'blog':9 'good':31 'john':22 'mayb':11,25 'much':37 'neil':6 'paul':13 'ryan':14 'time':60 'assum':54 'bobbi':16 'mitch':19 'oblig':47 'right':44,52 'thune':23 'cultiv':33 'daniel':20 'jindal':17 'presid':5 'steven':7 'wouldn':62 'redstat':10,63 'respect':35 'pawlenti':27 7532443 false true google blog RedState http://www.redstate.com/ OK http://www.redstate.com/neil_stevens/2010/02/08/the-keys-to-the-presidency/ 400546 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 11:13:06 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Are some of the authors here not very tolerant of John Thune? No they are not. Of course, I don't see what is intolerant of the quote you are using. It plainly states that Thune never served in the military, yet he pretended to stand up for the milita 'ask':5 'see':35 'use':44 'yet':55 'blue':2,65 'john':24 'quot':41 'serv':51 'tell':8 'cours':31 'debat':10 'never':50 'plain':46 'south':12 'stand':59 'state':47 'thune':25,49 'toler':22 'author':18 'dakota':13 'milita':63 'badland':1,64 'intoler':38 'pretend':57 'militari':54 7529616 false true google blog Badlands Blue http://badlandsblue.blogspot.com/ OK http://badlandsblue.blogspot.com/2010/02/dont-ask-dont-tell-debate-with-south.html 400546 Person democrat Sun Feb 07 22:29:16 -0600 2010 Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010 We know the DNC is already working on its 2012 plans to game the Iowa Caucus and hand a win to someone like Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, John Thune, or John Huntsman. The DNC does not want Palin to win the Caucus. ... 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