Senator John Thune on Ending the Government Shutdown

The Path to Ending the Shutdown

• 🎯 A clean continuing resolution (CR), passed by the House, is presented as the straightforward solution to end the government shutdown.
• 💡 Senator Thune states that Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, have been pushed into a "boxed canyon" by liberal activist groups, creating an avoidable shutdown.
• 🔑 The resolution to end the shutdown is simple: Senate Democrats must pick up the House bill and vote for it.

Bipartisan Support and Consequences

• ✅ The proposed CR is a 24-page bill to fund the government, with "nothing more, nothing less, nothing else," and is not partisan.
• 🤝 This approach has been used by Senate Democrats 13 times in the past when they held the majority.
• ⚠️ The shutdown is framed as holding the American people hostage for political gain, with severe consequences for families if it continues.
• 👏 A recent bipartisan vote in the House included three Democrats who recognized the shutdown strategy as a losing one that hurts the American people.

Call to Action

• 🚀 The shutdown can end today if Senate Democrats vote to open the government by passing the House bill.
• 🇺🇸 President Trump, House Republicans, and Senate Republicans are united on this issue.
• 🗣️ Senator Thune expresses his commitment to working with House counterparts and the President to reopen the government for the American people.