John Thune Argues Democrats Are ‘Being Browbeaten Into Submission’ by Chuck Schumer to Continue Shutdown

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 7th, 2025, 11:21 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) claimed Friday that rank-and-file Democrats were being “browbeaten” by leadership into refusing to reopen the government.

MSNBC’s Ali Vitali caught up with Thune in the halls of Congress Friday and told that their conversation was “quite newsy.”

“We began the day expecting from last night that Republicans were going to put kind of a same, same, but different version of the continuing resolution deal that they’ve been talking about on the floor today . It would be that same CR. But it would also offer some appropriations bills attached to it. Also, potentially a provision about RIFs, th

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