July 2nd 2009
From the Aberdeen American News:
Legislation authored by Sen. John Thune has been endorsed by the
nation's largest business organization, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Thune's Government Ownership Exit Plan, S 1242, would bar the
government from purchasing majority stakes in any new private companies
and establishes a process for the eventual sale of the existing
government portfolio, which includes banks, automakers and insurance
companies.
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June 25th 2009
The Argus Leader reports:
Sen. John Thune was elected Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee today by the Senate Republican caucus.
The Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee is considered the
number four leadership position for Senate Republicans and deals
directly with policy formulation.
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June 25th 2009
From The Daily Republic:
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said today in a news release that he sent a
letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar drawing
his attention to the current shortage of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
law enforcement officers on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
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July 2nd 2009
From the Aberdeen American News:
Legislation authored by Sen. John Thune has been endorsed by the
nation's largest business organization, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Thune's Government Ownership Exit Plan, S 1242, would bar the
government from purchasing majority stakes in any new private companies
and establishes a process for the eventual sale of the existing
government portfolio, which includes banks, automakers and insurance
companies.
Read More
June 25th 2009
The Argus Leader reports:
Sen. John Thune was elected Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee today by the Senate Republican caucus.
The Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee is considered the
number four leadership position for Senate Republicans and deals
directly with policy formulation.
Read More
June 25th 2009
From The Daily Republic:
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said today in a news release that he sent a
letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar drawing
his attention to the current shortage of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
law enforcement officers on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
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June 23rd 2009
From the Rapid City Journal Editorial Board:
As
the federal government has been quick to spend taxpayer money for
bailouts and buyouts, many Americans are questioning the strategy,
uncomfortable with the increasing government presence in this new
frontier.
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June 22nd 2009
Human Events reports:
Liberals’ incessant demands for exit strategies for Iraq and
Afghanistan aren’t matched by any desire to end government control over
our economy. But one conservative -- Republican Senator John Thune of
South Dakota -- has proposed just that.
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Tuesday, June 30th
The Washington Post reports:
The Supreme Court’s rejection of a decision against white firefighters endorsed by Judge Sonia Sotomayor gives Republicans a renewed chance to attack her speeches and writings but is not expected to imperil her confirmation to the high court, political and legal sources said yesterday.
The decision that the New Haven, Conn., firefighters [...]
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Tuesday, June 30th
From the LA Times:
In a closely watched case that could have a broad effect on hiring and promotion policies, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters who earned top test scores were the victims of illegal discrimination when the city of New Haven, Conn., tossed out the results and denied them promotions.
The 5-4 decision [...]
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Tuesday, June 30th
Politico reports:
In awarding a victory Monday to a group of white firefighters in New Haven who argued that they were denied promotions on account of their race, the U.S. Supreme Court also seemed to deal a blow to President Barack Obama’s pending nominee for the high court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who earlier had ruled against [...]
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Monday, June 29th
From Roll Call:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the Senate needs more time to review the record of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor after new material surfaced from her time with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.
“Just a day or so ago, we discovered that there are 300 or [...]
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Friday, June 26th
From The New York Times:
Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, sharply criticized Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday, accusing her of relying too heavily on international law in her opinions, which he said raised doubts in his mind about how she would interpret the Constitution as a member of the [...]
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