John Thune

United States Senator

KMEG: Sen. Thune Chairs Senate Field Hearing On Rural Surface Transportation Issues

August 10th 2009

KMEG Reports:

Senator John Thune today conducted a Senate Commerce Surface Transportation Subcommittee hearing at Sioux Falls City Hall regarding ways to address surface transportation needs in rural America. At the hearing, Senator Thune heard testimony from state and business leaders about how to improve highways, rail service, and trucking in states like South Dakota.

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CQ Politics: South Dakota’s Thune: Fresh Face Takes Hard Line

August 10th 2009

CQ Politics reports:

Upon taking the reins of the influential Republican Policy Committee in June, Thune has stepped up the party’s partisan engagement, offering, for instance, a contentious firearms amendment that put many moderate and western Democrats on the spot.

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Thune and Johnson Differ on “Clunker” Money

August 5th 2009

Reported by KSFY News:

Republican Senator John Thune says Congress shouldn't commit more money to the Cash for Clunkers program without an accounting of what's already been spent or is obligated in rebates.

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Washington Examiner: John Thune’s workmanlike Republicanism

August 4th 2009

Reported in The Washington Examiner:

"For right now, we've got to put it all on the message," Thune said, his long frame folded into a wingback chair in his Senate office. "If we can't make the case that the Republican Party has better answers on economic and fiscal issues, then it really doesn't matter that much who's in charge." For Thune, son of a teacher and a librarian from Murdo, S.D., the answer for the GOP isn't about finding its own Obama, but rebuilding a brand that was a victim of its own success.

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Sen. Thune to Discuss Biofuels at DakotaFest

July 31st 2009

KSFY Reports:

Two members of the state's congressional delegation have committed to a forum discussion on biofuels and other agricultural issues during DakotaFest at Mitchell.

 

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