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Budget Bill Starts on Long Process

Budget Bill Starts on Long Process

Senator John Thune Photo: WNAX


The Senate voted to move toward debate on a budget plan that will set the stage for consideration of the next coronavirus relief plan. The bill passed on a fifty to forty-nine vote.

South Dakota Senator John Thune says its only the first step in a long process…

Democrats and the President are backing a one point nine trillion-dollar plan, while republicans are talking about six hundred billion dollars in aid.
Thune says they want a more targeted plan…

Thune says Congress has passed massive amounts of aid in less than a year..

Thune says debate on the relief bill will be interrupted next week with the impeachment trial of former President Trump.

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