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Looking for Unity in DC

Looking for Unity in DC

Congressman Dusty Johnson Photo: WNAX


South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says executive actions by President Biden and democrats ramming bills through Congress isn’t a definition of unity….

The President has proposed a one point nine trillion-dollar Covid relief bill, while Senate republicans are supporting a six hundred billion dollar proposal. Johnson says pushing Covid relief through the budget process would include too many extras…

Johnson says neither party has been good at bipartisan actions…

A group of republican Senators met with the President yesterday (Monday) looking for a compromise on the relief bill.

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