T0002501961-01-076662493 Russell Senate Office Buildinghttp://thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email202-228-5429John'r':4 'sd':5 'sen':1 'john':2,6,8 'thune':3,7,9M400546ThuneJohn_ThuneSen. John Thune [R, SD]3004N000045728332Republican202-224-2321SDSen.John Thune5.36666666666667http://thune.senate.gov/JohnThune400546Personsen\.Thu Nov 19 22:27:15 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...when that will be. Earlier this week, the push to end TARP advanced on Capitol Hill in the form of a bill introduced by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., that would ensure it sunsets at the current Dec. 31 deadline. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a co-sponsor o'd':36 'o':58 'r':34,52 '31':46 'co':56 'dec':45 'end':16 'r-s':33 'sen':30,48 'bill':27 'fold':4 'forb':59 'form':24 'hill':21 'iowa':53 'john':31 'push':14 'tarp':5,17 'week':12 'cagey':2 'charl':49 'ensur':39 'thune':32 'would':38 'advanc':18 'r-iowa':51 'sunset':41 'capitol':20 'current':44 'deadlin':47 'earlier':10 'sponsor':57 'geithner':1 'grassley':50 'introduc':28 'co-sponsor':556740371truetruedaylifeForbeshttp://www.forbes.com/OKGeithner Cagey On Folding TARPhttp://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/tarp-geithner-grassley-business-wall-street-bailout.html?feed=rss_business400546PersonrepublicanThu Nov 19 11:22:44 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...family will pay $17,000 in yearly health insurance premiums, a 74 percent increase over the current cost. Republican Sen. John Thune also came armed with statistics. He speculated that Reid's proposal would contain three things he identified in other De'17':10 '74':18 'de':48 '000':11 'arm':31 'pay':9 'sen':26 'also':29 'came':30 'care':4 'cost':5,24 'john':27 'reid':37 'year':13 'argus':49 'insur':15 'senat':1 'share':2 'thing':43 'three':42 'thune':28 'would':40 'famili':7 'health':3,14 'leader':50 'propos':39 'specul':35 'concern':6 'contain':41 'current':23 'increas':20 'percent':19 'premium':16 'statist':33 'identifi':45 'republican':256737400truetruedaylifeArgus Leaderhttp://www.argusleader.com/OKSenators share health care cost concernshttp://www.argusleader.com/article/20091119/NEWS/911190316/1001/rss01400546PersonrepublicanWed Nov 18 22:28:29 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...billion ceiling set by President Barack Obama. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle responded as expected. Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota called it a “monstrosity.” In a statement she issued soon after the bill went on line Sen. Barbara 'sen':25,47 'set':9 'aisl':20 'bill':6,43 'call':31 'care':4 'ceil':8 'issu':39 'john':26 'line':46 'read':1 'side':17 'soon':40 'went':44 'obama':13 'orang':50 'senat':2 'south':29 'thune':27 'barack':12 'counti':51 'dakota':30 'expect':23 'health':3 'lawmak':14 'presid':11 'reform':5 'regist':52 'barbara':48 'billion':7 'respond':21 'monstros':34 'statement':37 'republican':246735005truetruedaylifeThe Orange County Registerhttp://www.ocregister.com/OKRead Senate health care reform billhttp://totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com/2009/11/18/read-senate-health-reform-bill/25515/400546PersonrepublicanWed Nov 18 11:21:46 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009...and Olympia Snowe of Maine; John Cornyn of Texas; Judd Gregg of New Hampshire; Orrin Hatch of Utah; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Thune of South Dakota. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, did not vote. The vote indicated that Republicans, with only'r':38 'kay':34 'new':17 'sen':33 'john':10,28 'judd':14 'lisa':23 'main':9 'snow':7 'texa':13,39 'utah':22 'vote':42,44 'court':1 'gregg':15 'hatch':20 'indic':45 'nomin':2 'orrin':19 'south':31 'thune':29 'tulsa':50 'world':51 'alaska':26 'bailey':35 'broken':4 'cornyn':11 'dakota':32 'r-texa':37 'olympia':6 'filibust':3 'hampshir':18 'hutchison':36 'murkowski':24 'republican':476727618truetruedaylifeTulsa Worldhttp://www.tulsaworld.com/OKCourt nomination filibuster brokenhttp://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091118_13_A12_WASHIN358086&rss_lnk=1400546Personsen\.Wed Nov 18 22:28:29 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009...an era when legislation routinely exceeds 1,000 pages, the bill introduced by Sen. John Thune yesterday — at seven lines — doesn’t look like much. But looks can be deceptive. If adopted, those seven lines would guarantee the end of the Troubled As'1':11 '000':12 'end':3,43 'era':6 'sen':18 'bill':15 'john':19 'like':28 'line':24,39 'look':27,31 'much':29 'page':13 'tarp':1 'adopt':36 'doesn':25 'seven':23,38 'thune':4,20 'would':40 'decept':34 'exceed':10 'legisl':8 'routin':9 'troubl':46 'foundat':50 'heritag':49 'guarante':41 'introduc':16 'yesterday':216735006truetruedaylifeThe Heritage Foundationhttp://www.heritage.org/OKTARP Should End, Thunehttp://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/18/tarp-should-end-thune/400546Personsen\.Wed Nov 18 11:21:46 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009...smart set has been looking for a fresh face on which to hang their hopes and dreams," Cillizza wrote. South Dakota Sen. John Thune may be that person." Brooks's rather guileless New York Times column doesn't make a compelling argument that Thune has an'big':7 'may':33 'new':41 'sen':30 'set':10 'face':17 'hang':21 'hope':23 'john':1,31 'look':13 'make':47 'next':6 'time':43 'york':42 'brook':37 'doesn':45 'dream':25 'fresh':16 'smart':9 'south':28 'thing':8 'thune':2,32,52 'wrote':27 'column':44 'compel':49 'dakota':29 'person':36 'rather':39 'probabl':3 'argument':50 'cillizza':26 'newsweek':55 'guileless':406727617truetruedaylifeNewsweekhttp://www.newsweek.com/OKJohn Thune: Probably Not the Next Big Thinghttp://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/18/john-thune-probably-not-the-next-big-thing.aspx400546PersonrepublicanWed Nov 18 11:21:46 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009...- Writing a letter didn't work, so Sen. John Thune is sponsoring a bill to close down the federal program that allows the government to take over failing industries. The South Dakota Republican is the lead author of legislation that would end the Troubl'end':4,47 'sen':13 'tri':2 'bill':19 'didn':9 'fail':33 'john':14 'lead':41 'take':31 'tarp':5 'work':11 'allow':27 'argus':50 'close':21 'feder':24 'south':36 'thune':1,15 'would':46 'write':6 'author':42 'dakota':37 'govern':29 'leader':51 'legisl':44 'letter':8 'troubl':49 'program':25 'sponsor':17 'industri':34 'republican':386727619truetruedaylifeArgus Leaderhttp://www.argusleader.com/OKThune tries to end TARPhttp://www.argusleader.com/article/20091118/NEWS/911180338/1001/rss01400546PersondemocratTue Nov 17 22:33:26 -0600 2009Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009...the following ten Republican Senators voted with all Democrats to support cloture: Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), John Cornyn (Texas), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Richard Lugar (Ind.), John Thune (S.D.), Judd Gregg (N.H.), Olympia Snowe (Maine)'ga':28 'ind':37 'n.h':43 's.d':40 'ten':13 'john':29,38 'judd':41 'lose':8 'main':46 'snow':45 'tenn':25 'texa':31 'utah':34 'vote':2,16 'gregg':42 'hatch':33 'lamar':23 'lugar':36 'orrin':32 'saxbi':26 'senat':1,15 'thune':39 'clotur':4,22 'cornyn':30 'follow':12 'alexand':24 'olympia':44 'richard':35 'session':7 'support':21 'democrat':19 'filibust':10 'hamilton':6 'independ':49 'chambliss':27 'republican':14 'washington':486723451truetruedaylifeThe Washington Independenthttp://washingtonindependent.com/OKSenate Votes for Cloture on Hamilton; Sessions Loses on Filibusterhttp://washingtonindependent.com/68143/senate-votes-for-cloture-on-hamilton-sessions-loses-on-filibuster400546PersondemocratTue Nov 17 22:33:26 -0600 2009Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009...Treasury secretary decided to extend it until Oct. 3, 2010. Democrats have blocked the efforts of South Dakota GOP Sen. John Thune, who has repeatedly tried to end the TARP program this year. Thune is the lead sponsor on the bill announced Tuesday. He h'3':20 'h':56 'end':8,39 'gop':30 'oct':19 'sen':31 'tri':6,37 '2010':21 'bill':52 'john':32 'lake':58 'lead':48 'salt':57 'tarp':9,41 'utah':3 'year':11,44 'block':24 'decid':14 'south':28 'thune':33,45 'dakota':29 'effort':26 'extend':16 'includ':2 'repeat':36 'tribun':59 'announc':53 'bennett':5 'program':42 'sponsor':49 'tuesday':54 'democrat':22 'treasuri':12 'secretari':13 'republican':16723452truetruedaylifeSalt Lake Tribunehttp://www.sltrib.com/OKRepublicans, including Utah's Bennett, try to end TARP this yearhttp://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13808381?source=rss400546Personrep\.Tue Nov 17 22:33:26 -0600 2009Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009...news conference to discuss health care and the middle class. - Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) holds a news conference to discuss the status of the Fort Hood victims. - Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bob Bennett (R-Utah) hold a news conference to discuss TARP'd':39 'r':18,37,44 'bob':41 'r-s':36 'rep':14 'sen':33 'care':9 'fort':30 'hold':20,46 'hood':31 'john':15,34 'news':4,22,48,55 'talk':53 'tarp':52 'texa':19 'trns':3 'utah':45 'class':13 'middl':12 'radio':54 'thune':35 'today':1 'carter':16 'confer':5,23,49 'health':8 'r-texa':17 'r-utah':43 'servic':56 'status':27 'victim':32 'bennett':42 'discuss':7,25,516723453truetruedaylifeTalk Radio News Servicehttp://talkradionews.com/OKToday At TRNShttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTalkRadioNewsService/~3/H-l7IdU7X5w/400546Personsen\.Thu Nov 19 11:22:40 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009RealClearPolitics' Tom Bevan and Mike Memoli have cast their imaginations beyond Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty, and drawn up a list of GOP dark horses for 2012: South Dakota Sen. John Thune (in ...'gop':1,37 'sen':44 'tim':29 'tom':10 '2012':41 'blog':5,8,49 'cast':16 'dark':2,38 'eagl':7 'hors':3,39 'john':45 'list':35 'mike':13,24 'mitt':26 'newt':22 'bevan':11 'drawn':32 'palin':21 'sarah':20 'south':42 'thune':46 'beyond':19 'dakota':43 'imagin':18 'memoli':14 'romney':27 'huckabe':25 'wichita':6 'gingrich':23 'pawlenti':30 'realclearpolit':96737393falsetruegoogle blogWE Blog http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/OKGOP dark horses | WE Blog | Wichita Eagle Blogshttp://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2009/11/gop-dark-horses/400546PersonsenatorThu Nov 19 11:22:40 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009And these guys are a whole lot more credible, talented, and experienced than the junior senator from Illinois. Take a gander at these thoroughbreds and stallions: 1) John Thune - (Sen-SD); 100% rating on conservative issues in '06; ...'1':36 '06':48 'sd':41 '100':42 'guy':12 'lot':16 'sen':40 'dark':2 'hors':3 'issu':46 'john':37 'rate':43 'take':28 'saddl':7 'senat':25 'thune':38 'whole':15 'gander':30 'junior':24 'sen-sd':39 'talent':19 'conserv':45 'credibl':18 'illinoi':27 'stallion':35 'experienc':21 'thoroughbr':33 'politicalderby.com':9,496737397falsetruegoogle blogPoliticalDerby.com http://politicalderby.com/OKThe dark horses are about to saddle up | PoliticalDerby.comhttp://politicalderby.com/2009/11/18/the-dark-horses-are-about-to-saddle-up/400546PersonrepublicanThu Nov 19 22:27:09 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Lucky for them, South Dakota Senator John Thune is giving them the perfect chance to prove it. The Republican yesterday introduced a bill that would bar Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner from extending the $700 billion Troubled Asset ...'700':41 'bar':33 'web':7 'bill':30 'fact':4,48 'give':17 'john':14 'asset':44 'chanc':21 'lucki':8 'polit':1,45 'prove':23 'senat':13 'south':11 'thune':15 'truth':2,46 'would':32 'dakota':12 'extend':39 'troubl':43 'billion':42 'perfect':20 'timothi':36 'geithner':37 'introduc':28 'thursday':5 'treasuri':34 'secretari':35 'yesterday':27 'republican':266740367falsetruegoogle blogPolitical Truth and Fact http://www.politicaltruthandfact.com/nbishop/OKPolitical Truth and Fact: Thursday's Webhttp://www.politicaltruthandfact.com/nbishop/2009/11/thursdays-web-1.html400546PersondemocratThu Nov 19 11:22:40 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), No. 4 in the Senate GOP leadership, said if Lieberman wants to become a Republican, he “would be welcomed, and there would be a real effort to make him feel at home.” But when it comes to the Democratic Party, ...'4':17 'd':15 'r':13 'gop':21 'pat':1,56 'r-s':12 'sen':9 'blog':5 'come':51 'feel':45 'home':47 'john':10 'make':43 'real':40 'said':23 'slam':8 'want':26 'becom':28 'parti':55 'senat':20 'thune':11 'would':32,37 'young':3,58 'archiv':6 'effort':41 'welcom':34 'dollard':2,57 'american':4,59 'democrat':54 'lieberman':7,25 'leadership':22 'republican':306737394falsetruegoogle blogPat Dollard | Young Americans http://patdollard.com/OKPat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Lieberman Slams ...http://patdollard.com/2009/11/lieberman-slams-public-option-taunts-critics/400546PersonrepublicanThu Nov 19 11:22:44 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009...2012, which is, I’m keeping all my options open. “The wonderful thing of being an independent: You have options.” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), No. 4 in the Senate GOP leadership, said if Lieberman wants to become a Republican, he “would be welcom'4':35 'd':33 'm':11 'r':31 'gop':39 'r-s':30 'sen':27 '2012':7 'john':28 'keep':12 'open':16 'said':41 'slam':2 'want':44 'becom':46 'senat':38 'taunt':5 'thing':19 'thune':29 'would':50 'critic':6 'option':4,15,26 'public':3 'welcom':52 'wonder':18 'independ':23 'politico':54 'lieberman':1,43 'leadership':40 'republican':486737399falsetruedaylifeThe Politicohttp://www.politico.com/OKLieberman slams public option; taunts criticshttp://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29698.html400546PersoncongressThu Nov 19 11:22:41 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009... Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Richard Lugar of Indiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and John Thune of South Dakota. ... In a recent speech to'nh':1,6 'alg':10 'new':29 'john':22,44 'judd':26 'lisa':39 'main':21 'snow':19 'texa':25 'utah':34 'gregg':27 'hatch':32 'insid':2 'lugar':36 'orrin':31 'polit':7 'press':8,54 'saxbi':11 'sourc':4 'south':47 'susan':15 'thune':45 'alaska':42 'collin':16 'cornyn':23 'dakota':48 'recent':51 'releas':9,55 'speech':52 'georgia':14 'indiana':38 'olympia':18 'richard':35 'hampshir':30 'chambliss':12 'murkowski':406737398falsetruegoogle blogPress Releases http://www.nhinsider.com/press-releasesOKNH INSIDER- Your Source for NH Politics - Press Releases - ALG ...http://www.nhinsider.com/press-releases/2009/11/19/alg-blasts-10-republican-senators-for-blocking-filibuster-ag.html400546PersoncongressThu Nov 19 22:27:15 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009This evening at 7pm ET:
***SPECIAL***
ONE-ON-ONE WITH LOU DOBBS
The former CNN anchor will be our special guest this evening.
Topics will include:
- Today’s heated Geithner hearings
- Paying Down TARP
- Healthcare (plus a look at the mammography fiasco)'et':11 '7pm':10 'cnn':22 'lou':18 'one':14,16 'pay':39 'cnbc':2 'dobb':19 'even':8,30 'hear':38 'heat':36 'look':45 'plus':43 'tarp':41 'guest':28 'money':52 'polit':53 'today':34 'topic':31 'anchor':23 'fiasco':49 'former':21 'includ':33 'kudlow':4,50 'report':5 'special':12,27 'tonight':6 'geithner':37 'healthcar':42 'one-on-on':13 'mammographi':486740372falsetruedaylifeKudlow's Money Politicshttp://kudlowsmoneypolitics.blogspot.com/OKOn CNBC's Kudlow Report Tonighthttp://kudlowsmoneypolitics.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-kudlow-report-tonight.html400546PersondemocratThu Nov 19 22:27:10 -0600 2009Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009The junior senator from South Dakota, John Thune, has recently been drawing a lot of attention. A three-time House Representative, he won a surprise victory against Super-Democrat Tom Daschle in 2004, which is by itself enough to earn ...'gop':9 'lot':25 'run':7 'tom':43 'won':35 '2004':46 '2012':11 'draw':23 'earn':53 'full':54 'hous':32 'john':18 'matt':1 'time':31 'want':3 'senat':14 'south':16 'super':41 'three':30 'thune':19 'young':4 'attent':27 'dakota':17 'daschl':44 'enough':51 'gurney':2 'junior':13 'recent':21 'repres':33 'comment':55 'conserv':5 'surpris':37 'victori':38 'democrat':42 'three-tim':29 'super-democrat':406740370falsetruegoogle blogFull Comment http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/default.aspxOKMatt Gurney: Wanted, young conservative to run for GOP in 2012 ...http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/19/wanted-young-conservative-to-run-for-gop-in-2012-not-so-fast-sarah.aspx400546PersonsenatorThu Nov 19 22:27:09 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009U.S. Senator John Thune has introduced a bill to sunset the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), commonly referred to as the federal stimulus package. That would mean stimulus beneficiaries like schools and construction projects ...'aim':3 'u.s':11 'bill':2,18 'home':46 'john':13 'kota':8,45 'like':40 'mean':37 'news':10 'tarp':26 'asset':23 'feder':32 'refer':28 'senat':12 'thune':1,14 'would':36 'common':27 'packag':7,34 'relief':24 'school':41 'sunset':5,20 'troubl':22 'program':25 'project':44 'introduc':16 'stimulus':6,33,38 'construct':43 'territori':9 'beneficiari':396740366falsetruegoogle blogKOTA - Home http://www.kotatv.com/global/category.asp?c=66520OKThune bill aims to sunset stimulus package - KOTA Territory Newshttp://www.kotatv.com/global/story.asp?s=11532998400546PersonsenatorThu Nov 19 22:27:09 -0600 2009Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009Today, a Wall Street Journal editorial discussed Senator John Thune's introduction yesterday of a bill that would prevent Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner from extending TARP. The bill would prevent the Treasury from making any new ...'new':41 'bill':21,33 'john':14 'line':45 'make':39 'tarp':2,31 'wall':8 'renew':4 'senat':13 'thune':15 'today':6 'would':23,34 'bottom':44 'extend':30 'street':9 'discuss':12 'editori':11 'journal':10 'prevent':24,35 'timothi':27 'crfb.org':5,42 'geithner':28 'treasuri':25,37 'introduct':17 'secretari':26 'yesterday':186740369falsetruegoogle blogCRFB.org - The Bottom Line http://crfb.org/blogOKWill TARP be Renewed? | crfb.orghttp://crfb.org/blogs/will-tarp-be-renewed