Sen. Thune: Whether the Gov’t Shuts Down Is ‘Totally Up to the Democrats,’ the Ball Is in Their Court

RUSH EXCERPT:
THUNE: "Totally up to the Democrats. The ball is in their court. There is a bill sitting at the desk in the Senate right now. We can pick it up today and pass it that has been passed by the house that will be signed into law by the president to keep the government open. So this decision, in my judgment, at this point in time is up to a handful of Democrats. We ned ed eight Democrats to pas it through the Senate and something that 13 times when the Democrats have had the majority and President Biden was in the White House Republicans helped Democrats do. 13 different times. We did continuing resolutions and the continuing majority and every time they passed. What the Democrats have done here is take the federal government as a hostage and for that matter by extension the American people to try and get a whole laundry list of things that they want, special interest groups on the far left are pushing them to accomplish and using a seven-week funding resolution which is designed to give us time to do the normal appropriations process. They’re using this hostage to try to get all these other things done. It’s a very straightforward argument in my mind. It’s simple."