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Sioux Falls Argus Leader
December 27, 2017
Several weeks ago, I wrote in asking South Dakota's congressional delegation to keep fighting for American wind jobs. Now I want to sincerely thank Sen. John Thune for doing just that. His efforts were critical in adding new chapters to this American success story. On behalf of 102,000 American windÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
December 19, 2017
After a year in the majority marked by several legislative speed bumps and dead ends, Republicans are happy with the final tax bill that's poised to pass, according to Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. Judy Woodruff asks Thune about the long-term tax increase for the middle class, doubts that the tax cuts will spurÃÂ ...
Greentech Media
December 14, 2017
John Thune, a member of the tax reform conference committee, told Bloomberg on Thursday that a repair included in the final version of the tax bill would keep the Base Erosion Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) provision from completely eroding tax equity financing for renewable energy projects. "It's a fix that I thinkÃÂ ...
The Verge
December 12, 2017
With the net neutrality debate raging at the FCC, it's easy to forgot that net neutrality remains an issue inside of Congress, too — albeit a much, much quieter one. But at least one senator is still hoping to see some movement: on the Senate floor today, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) asked net neutrality supportersÃÂ ...
The Cut
December 9, 2017
Conversations about sexual assault are important, emotionally-charged, and … probably not the best time to subtly hit on someone. On Friday, Republican senator John Thune appeared on CBS This Morning to discuss taxes, health care, and the sexual-assault scandals on Capitol Hill. And, according toÃÂ ...
CBS News
December 8, 2017
December 8, 2017, 8:03 AM | A major issue Congress wants to address before the holiday break is tax reform. South Dakota Sen. John Thune is one of eight Republican senators named to the tax reform conference committee to negotiate the legislation. He joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why heÃÂ ...
The Capital Journal
December 3, 2017
John Thune speaks in Rapid City, S.D. Thune faces Democratic challenger Jay Williams, a businessman from Yankton, in the Nov. ... RAPID CITY — John Thune has so much campaign money socked away that he now makes more from interest and dividends than some other politicians collect from donorsÃÂ ...
Ars Technica
December 2, 2017
John Thune (R-SD), for example, was in the /r/SouthDakota subreddit, where thousands of his constituents go to access news about their state. Reddit user ChrisTahoe, who created the anti-Thune post, told Ars that he created his post after seeing several other posts like it on Reddit's home page. "I opened ...
Duluth News Tribune
December 1, 2017
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R), right, delivers remarks while U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R), listens during a panel in Mitchell in this file photo. Matt Gade / Forum News Service. MITCHELL, S.D.—South Dakota's senior U.S. Sen. John Thune sees a major windfall for average American families under the Senate ...
WNAX
December 1, 2017
A number of polls, CNN, ABC News, YouGov, show lukewarm support for the republican tax cut plan now moving through the Senate. South Dakota Senator John Thune discounts those concerns…… Thune says if the questions are broken out, the results are different…. Thune says people in South Dakota ...
Washington Examiner
November 26, 2017
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said Sunday he would have preferred for President Trump to use his influence to urge Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to step aside rather than aligning himself with the embattled former judge, warning that a likely ethics investigation could derail the GOP's ...
Rapid City Journal
November 26, 2017
John Thune has so much campaign money socked away that he now makes more from interest and dividends than some other politicians collect from donors. ... His Friends of John Thune campaign committee held $11.37 million at the end of September, according to mandatory public reports filed with the ...
PolitiFact
November 17, 2017
"80 percent of the tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less," Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Nov. 15. "We're taking a failed policy that punishes people with taxes -- low-income people. (We're) taking that tax away, giving them tax relief there, and then ploughing that back into tax relief for ...
The Hill
November 9, 2017
Sen. John Thune · John Randolph ThuneTiming on tax vote slips amid intense talks Uncertainty mounts over timing of Trump's infrastructure plan Senate chairman wants hearing on Uber breach MORE (R-S.D.) said in an interview Thursday morning that he thinks the upper chamber can pass its tax-reform ...
CNBC
November 9, 2017
Sen. John Thune says the tax rate "structure" in the Senate's reform bill, set to be unveiled Thursday, will differ from the House plan. The House bill proposes to cut the number of income tax brackets from seven to four: 12 percent, 25 percent, 35 percent and 39.6 percent. Senate Republicans are preparing ...
EFF
November 4, 2017
... Senator John Thune (R-SD) has floated a manger's amendment [.pdf] that is intended to replace the current text of SESTA. Unfortunately, Sen ...
KSFY
November 3, 2017
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune issued the following statement Thursday regarding the House Ways and Means Committee's release ...
Business Insider
November 2, 2017
John Thune, who chairs the committee, plans to ask if there is any more bad news coming and whether anything could have been done earlier ...
The Hill
October 27, 2017
The Senate's third-ranking Republican ripped his retiring colleagues for their criticisms of President Trump. In an interview with NPR's David ...
PBS NewsHour
October 25, 2017
Judy Woodruff speaks with Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to explore what this feud will mean for Republican efforts to pass tax ...
TIME
October 23, 2017
Sen. John Thune speaks with members of the Senate Republican leadership during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 12, 2017 in ...
TMZ.com
October 19, 2017
Senator John Thune knows ... the folks in Washington D.C. are not above the abuses we're now seeing in Hollywood. Our fearless photog ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
October 19, 2017
An open letter to Sen. John Thune: Your response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas was unconscionable. Get small, you advised us, get small ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
October 15, 2017
Sen. John Thune certainly followed his own advice when he suggested that victims caught in a shooting situation should “get small.
The Hill
October 11, 2017
Two senators are pushing a robocaller to explain how he ran his operation, which was subject to the largest-ever fine handed down on the ...
MSNBC
October 5, 2017
Like many policymakers, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, was asked this week about how ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
October 5, 2017
Sen. John Thune is facing online fury from the left over a comment he made Tuesday in the wake of the fatal mass shooting in Las Vegas.
CBS News
October 4, 2017
John Thune, R-South Dakota, told reporters when asked about the bump stocks and semi-automatic weapons being illegally converted to fire ...
New York Magazine
October 3, 2017
Leading the charge on Tuesday was South Dakota senator John Thune, who said in an interview with NBC News that, given the fact that there's ...
Salon
October 3, 2017
GOP Senator John Thune to shooting victims: To survive, “get small”. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., offered “advice” to potential shooting victims, ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (blog)
September 26, 2017
According to one measurement, South Dakota Sen. John Thune was one of the most effective members of the U.S. Senate during the 114th ...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
John Thune, R-S.D., said Sunday he expects White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to be in charge of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday, despite former CFPB head Richard Cordray appointing a different successor Friday. "I expect that Mick Mulvaney ...
Finger Lakes Times
September 19, 2017
Paul Ryan, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Flake, Jason Chaffetz, John McCain and John Thune were among the elected Republicans who said thereÃÂ ...
The Hill
September 19, 2017
Members of the Senate Budget Committee say they are close to an agreement on a budget deal that would pave the way for tax reform, whichÃÂ ...
CNN
September 19, 2017
John Thune called Cassidy "the grave robber" yesterday because "this thing was six feet under." Related: Thune is always great to talk to aboutÃÂ ...
KELO AM-FM
September 19, 2017
John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement today regarding the Senate's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.ÃÂ ...
Kotatv
September 16, 2017
John Thune aims to prevent people from using a commercial motor vehicle if they have used a commercial motor vehicle to commit a felonyÃÂ ...
SDPB Radio
September 8, 2017
U.S. Senator John Thune says one of his jobs as chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee is to find ways toÃÂ ...
KSFY
September 8, 2017
South Dakota Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune agree one of the federal government's biggest roles is to help Americans in times ofÃÂ ...
Recode
September 7, 2017
John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., have been working behind the scenes for months on their own self-driving car bill. As theyÃÂ ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
September 7, 2017
John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, told The Associated Press he expects to supportÃÂ ...
News Item
September 7, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks atÃÂ ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
September 6, 2017
John Thune and Mike Rounds and Rep. Kristi Noem said they supported the Trump administration's move to strike a five-year-old policy thatÃÂ ...
AberdeenNews.com
August 18, 2017
A man was escorted off of the Brown County Fairgrounds Thursday after he became upset about the presence of Sen. John Thune, R-S.
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
August 18, 2017
Sen. John Thune said he isn't afraid to disagree with President Donald Trump, and he'll tell him so TV if that's what it takes to get the president'sÃÂ ...
KSFY
August 17, 2017
"I wish he would have stayed with his Monday statement," Senator John Thune said. After blaming 'many sides' for the violence on Saturday,ÃÂ ...
AberdeenNews.com
August 17, 2017
John Thune wishes President Donald Trump would have stopped after he made his Monday comments about last weekend's racially chargedÃÂ ...
WDAY
August 17, 2017
Sen. John Thune, middle, gives remarks about Farm Bill needs while fellow Sen. Mike Rounds, left, and Rep. Kristi Noem sit along side himÃÂ ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
August 14, 2017
John Thune and Mike Rounds deferred questions to prepared statements that condemned the violence but did not criticize the president'sÃÂ ...
Yankton Daily Press
August 14, 2017
2 Don't Threaten or Abuse. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. AND PLEASE TURN OFF CAPS LOCK. 3 Be Truthful.
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