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July 22, 2021
Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Senate Republicans Urge Biden to Abandon Plan to Impose Capital Gains Tax on Family-owned Farms and Businesses
Sen. John Thune, ...
July 21, 2021
Tweet - "Family-owned businesses, farms, & ranches shouldn't pay the price for Dems' wild spending spree. Every single Senate Republican joined me in urging President Biden to abandon plans to raise taxes on these hardworking Americans. (special character)"
Sen. John Thune
July 21, 2021
Tweet - "Democrats plan to pass one of the largest tax hikes in history to fund their big-government fantasy. This reckless tax-and-spending spree would pour gasoline on the flames of inflation, and American families would pay the price -- literally -- with more taxes & higher prices."
Sen. John Thune
July 21, 2021
Senators' Statement on Infrastructure
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 21, 2021
Scott, Manchin Reintroduce Legislation to Increase Access to Credit and Opportunity
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 13, 2021
Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Native Housing Funding
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 13, 2021
Rounds, Colleagues Reintroduce the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 1, 2021
Lankford, Blackburn Work to End Taxpayer Support for Abortion
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 28, 2021
Rounds, Braun Introduce the IRS Customer Service Improvement Act
Sen. Mike Rounds
June 24, 2021
Rounds, Smith Introduce Bipartisan Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 16, 2021
Tweet - "If your bill seems higher these days, you aren't imagining it. Inflation is at its highest level in nearly 13 yrs. Experts agree that Democrats' big-government spending spree is contributing, but Democrats aren't listening & the big $$ proposals keep rolling in."
Sen. John Thune
June 16, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Sen. Marshall Calls for Increased Funding for Kansas Law Enforcement
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 15, 2021
Government Spending
Sen. John Thune
June 15, 2021
Tweet - "It doesn't take an economic expert to see what this chart clearly shows. Since Ds have taken control in Washington, the price of everything from bikes to bacon has shot up. Ds need to take a hard look at what their policies are doing to the economy & stop forcing wild spending."
Sen. John Thune
June 15, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Senator Baldwin Pushes SBA to Speed Up Relief to Struggling Live Event Venues
Sen. John Thune, ...
June 14, 2021
Letter to the Hon. J. Russell George, Inspector General for Tax Administration - Cassidy, Finance Committee Republicans Demand Investigation into Massive, Illegal IRS Data Leak
Sen. John Thune, ...
June 1, 2021
Letter to Hon. Patrick Leahy, Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee and Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee - Warner Joins 35 Colleagues in Requesting Full Funding for the PILT Program
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
May 28, 2021
Tweet - "A presidential budget is a blueprint for the priorities he'd like to see enacted. The fact that the Hyde amendment was not included in Joe Biden's budget says all you need to know about how he views the pro-life movement."
Sen. John Thune
May 27, 2021
Thune: Consumers Should Never Have to Question Whether They Will Have Access to Reliable and Affordable Energy and Fuel
Sen. John Thune
May 25, 2021
H.R. 1
Sen. John Thune
May 21, 2021
Letter to Hon. Bernie Sanders, Chairman of Senate Budget Committee, Hon. Lindsey Graham, Ranking Member of Senate Budget Committee, Hon. John Yarmuth, Chairman of House Budget Committee, and Hon. Jason Smith, Ranking Member of House Budget Committee - Sen. Lee, Rep. Cloud Request Debt Servicing Costs
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
May 20, 2021
Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Services - Lankford, Colleagues Demand Stronger Oversight of $45 Billion Biden Boost to Obamacare
Sen. John Thune, ...
May 19, 2021
Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title United States Code, of the Rule Submitted By the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Relating to ``Update of Commission's
Sen. John Thune
May 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Fischbach, Smith Lead Over 130 House Colleagues In Opposing Stepped-Up Basis Repeal and Capital Gains Death Tax
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
April 27, 2021
Tax Legislation
Sen. John Thune
April 21, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Sinema, Kelly Urge Administration to Quickly Fix Shuttered Venue Operators Grant for Arizona Entertainment Businesses
Sen. John Thune, ...
April 21, 2021
Thune, Brown Reintroduce Bill to Protect Remote and Mobile Workers from Unfair Tax Bills Caused by the Pandemic
Sen. John Thune
April 20, 2021
Infrastructure
Sen. John Thune
April 20, 2021
Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Address America's Budget Crisis
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 20, 2021
Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan TRUST Act
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 19, 2021
Letter to Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of Small Business Administration - Cantwell, Colleagues Send Letter to Small Business Administration Urging Opening of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Application Portal, Highlighting Critical Needs of Venues
Sen. John Thune, ...
April 19, 2021
USA Today - President Biden doesn't need to reinvent the wheel on infrastructure: Sen. John Thune
Sen. John Thune
April 19, 2021
Tweet - "Pres. Biden's trillion-dollar "infrastructure" proposal stretches the meaning of infrastructure far beyond how most South Dakotans define it. You should be straight with the American people if you're planning one of the largest tax hikes in generations."
Sen. John Thune
April 16, 2021
Inhofe, Rounds, Blunt, Lummis Introduce Indian Lands Accelerated Depreciation Bill
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 15, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Cassidy, 100 Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Retain the Protect Life Rule on Title X Funding
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 7, 2021
Capito Joins Group of 10 Republican Senators in Releasing Joint Statement in Response to Comments from President Biden
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cassidy, Republican Senators Demand Investigation into PPP Loans to Planned Parenthoodq
Sen. John Thune, ...
March 24, 2021
Letter to Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Feenstra Leads Colleagues in Urging Secretary Vilsack to Unfreeze CFAP, Provide Authorized Assistance for Biofuels Producers
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
March 18, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis
Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021
Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Rubio, Capito, GOP Colleagues: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding
Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 16, 2021
Death Tax
Sen. John Thune
March 10, 2021
Tweet - "To be clear, Dems didn't even try to make their $1.9 trillion bill bipartisan. @SenateGOP was more than willing to work w/ Dems -- as we have on *all* the other COVID bills (passed under a GOP majority). Now Dems have the reins & they aren't interested in bipartisanship."
Sen. John Thune
March 10, 2021
Tweet - "House just passed Dems' absurdly expensive "COVID relief" bill. Wait until Americans see what's really in the bill: -Blue-state bailouts -Checks to illegal immigrants & prisoners -Huge welfare state expansion -Post-pandemic spending + more goodies for special interest groups"
Sen. John Thune
March 10, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Sen. John Thune
March 10, 2021
Tweet - "The $1.9 trillion bill being billed by Dems as "COVID relief" is a bad bill. Sadly, it will likely become law -- without any meaningful input/support from Republicans or the millions of Americans we represent. @SenateGOP even tried to improve the bill. Some changes Dems rejected:"
Sen. John Thune
March 9, 2021
Thune Leads Colleagues in Reintroducing Bicameral Legislation to Permanently Repeal the Death Tax
Sen. John Thune, ...
March 9, 2021
Tweet - "The #DeathTax is an unfair tax that burdens family farms & ranches. Tragedy & loss shouldn't be exploited to fill the federal government's coffers. Today, I led colleagues, including @LeaderMcConnell, @MikeCrapo, & many more, to reintro a #DeathTaxRepeal."
Sen. John Thune
March 8, 2021
Letter to Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Grassley, Klobuchar Lead Colleagues In Calling On USDA To Assist Biofuels Industry
Sen. John Thune, ...
March 6, 2021
Tweet - "Senate Democrats just managed to pass their bloated spending bill disguised as "COVID relief.' This is the first COVID bill to be entirely partisan because it isn't designed to help end the pandemic -- it's a blatant attempt from Dems to jam through a partisan wish list."
Sen. John Thune
Date
Title
Politician
July 22, 2021
Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Senate Republicans Urge Biden to Abandon Plan to Impose Capital Gains Tax on Family-owned Farms and Businesses
Sen.John Thune, ...
July 21, 2021
Tweet - "Family-owned businesses, farms, & ranches shouldn't pay the price for Dems' wild spending spree. Every single Senate Republican joined me in urging President Biden to abandon plans to raise taxes on these hardworking Americans. (special character)"
Sen.John Thune
July 21, 2021
Tweet - "Democrats plan to pass one of the largest tax hikes in history to fund their big-government fantasy. This reckless tax-and-spending spree would pour gasoline on the flames of inflation, and American families would pay the price -- literally -- with more taxes & higher prices."
Sen.John Thune
July 21, 2021
Senators' Statement on Infrastructure
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 21, 2021
Scott, Manchin Reintroduce Legislation to Increase Access to Credit and Opportunity
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 13, 2021
Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Native Housing Funding
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 13, 2021
Rounds, Colleagues Reintroduce the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 1, 2021
Lankford, Blackburn Work to End Taxpayer Support for Abortion
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 28, 2021
Rounds, Braun Introduce the IRS Customer Service Improvement Act
Sen.Mike Rounds
June 24, 2021
Rounds, Smith Introduce Bipartisan Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 16, 2021
Tweet - "If your bill seems higher these days, you aren't imagining it. Inflation is at its highest level in nearly 13 yrs. Experts agree that Democrats' big-government spending spree is contributing, but Democrats aren't listening & the big $$ proposals keep rolling in."
Sen.John Thune
June 16, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Sen. Marshall Calls for Increased Funding for Kansas Law Enforcement
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 15, 2021
Government Spending
Sen.John Thune
June 15, 2021
Tweet - "It doesn't take an economic expert to see what this chart clearly shows. Since Ds have taken control in Washington, the price of everything from bikes to bacon has shot up. Ds need to take a hard look at what their policies are doing to the economy & stop forcing wild spending."
Sen.John Thune
June 15, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Senator Baldwin Pushes SBA to Speed Up Relief to Struggling Live Event Venues
Sen.John Thune, ...
June 14, 2021
Letter to the Hon. J. Russell George, Inspector General for Tax Administration - Cassidy, Finance Committee Republicans Demand Investigation into Massive, Illegal IRS Data Leak
Sen.John Thune, ...
June 1, 2021
Letter to Hon. Patrick Leahy, Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee and Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee - Warner Joins 35 Colleagues in Requesting Full Funding for the PILT Program
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
May 28, 2021
Tweet - "A presidential budget is a blueprint for the priorities he'd like to see enacted. The fact that the Hyde amendment was not included in Joe Biden's budget says all you need to know about how he views the pro-life movement."
Sen.John Thune
May 27, 2021
Thune: Consumers Should Never Have to Question Whether They Will Have Access to Reliable and Affordable Energy and Fuel
Sen.John Thune
May 25, 2021
H.R. 1
Sen.John Thune
May 21, 2021
Letter to Hon. Bernie Sanders, Chairman of Senate Budget Committee, Hon. Lindsey Graham, Ranking Member of Senate Budget Committee, Hon. John Yarmuth, Chairman of House Budget Committee, and Hon. Jason Smith, Ranking Member of House Budget Committee - Sen. Lee, Rep. Cloud Request Debt Servicing Costs
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
May 20, 2021
Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Hon. Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Services - Lankford, Colleagues Demand Stronger Oversight of $45 Billion Biden Boost to Obamacare
Sen.John Thune, ...
May 19, 2021
Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under Chapter 8 of Title United States Code, of the Rule Submitted By the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Relating to ``Update of Commission's
Sen.John Thune
May 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Fischbach, Smith Lead Over 130 House Colleagues In Opposing Stepped-Up Basis Repeal and Capital Gains Death Tax
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
April 27, 2021
Tax Legislation
Sen.John Thune
April 21, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Sinema, Kelly Urge Administration to Quickly Fix Shuttered Venue Operators Grant for Arizona Entertainment Businesses
Sen.John Thune, ...
April 21, 2021
Thune, Brown Reintroduce Bill to Protect Remote and Mobile Workers from Unfair Tax Bills Caused by the Pandemic
Sen.John Thune
April 20, 2021
Infrastructure
Sen.John Thune
April 20, 2021
Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Address America's Budget Crisis
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 20, 2021
Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan TRUST Act
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 19, 2021
Letter to Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of Small Business Administration - Cantwell, Colleagues Send Letter to Small Business Administration Urging Opening of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Application Portal, Highlighting Critical Needs of Venues
Sen.John Thune, ...
April 19, 2021
USA Today - President Biden doesn't need to reinvent the wheel on infrastructure: Sen. John Thune
Sen.John Thune
April 19, 2021
Tweet - "Pres. Biden's trillion-dollar "infrastructure" proposal stretches the meaning of infrastructure far beyond how most South Dakotans define it. You should be straight with the American people if you're planning one of the largest tax hikes in generations."
Sen.John Thune
April 16, 2021
Inhofe, Rounds, Blunt, Lummis Introduce Indian Lands Accelerated Depreciation Bill
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 15, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Cassidy, 100 Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Retain the Protect Life Rule on Title X Funding
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 7, 2021
Capito Joins Group of 10 Republican Senators in Releasing Joint Statement in Response to Comments from President Biden
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cassidy, Republican Senators Demand Investigation into PPP Loans to Planned Parenthoodq
Sen.John Thune, ...
March 24, 2021
Letter to Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Feenstra Leads Colleagues in Urging Secretary Vilsack to Unfreeze CFAP, Provide Authorized Assistance for Biofuels Producers
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
March 18, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis
Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021
Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Rubio, Capito, GOP Colleagues: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding
Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021
Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 16, 2021
Death Tax
Sen.John Thune
March 10, 2021
Tweet - "To be clear, Dems didn't even try to make their $1.9 trillion bill bipartisan. @SenateGOP was more than willing to work w/ Dems -- as we have on *all* the other COVID bills (passed under a GOP majority). Now Dems have the reins & they aren't interested in bipartisanship."
Sen.John Thune
March 10, 2021
Tweet - "House just passed Dems' absurdly expensive "COVID relief" bill. Wait until Americans see what's really in the bill: -Blue-state bailouts -Checks to illegal immigrants & prisoners -Huge welfare state expansion -Post-pandemic spending + more goodies for special interest groups"
Sen.John Thune
March 10, 2021
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Sen.John Thune
March 10, 2021
Tweet - "The $1.9 trillion bill being billed by Dems as "COVID relief" is a bad bill. Sadly, it will likely become law -- without any meaningful input/support from Republicans or the millions of Americans we represent. @SenateGOP even tried to improve the bill. Some changes Dems rejected:"
Sen.John Thune
March 9, 2021
Thune Leads Colleagues in Reintroducing Bicameral Legislation to Permanently Repeal the Death Tax
Sen.John Thune, ...
March 9, 2021
Tweet - "The #DeathTax is an unfair tax that burdens family farms & ranches. Tragedy & loss shouldn't be exploited to fill the federal government's coffers. Today, I led colleagues, including @LeaderMcConnell, @MikeCrapo, & many more, to reintro a #DeathTaxRepeal."
Sen.John Thune
March 8, 2021
Letter to Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Grassley, Klobuchar Lead Colleagues In Calling On USDA To Assist Biofuels Industry
Sen.John Thune, ...
March 6, 2021
Tweet - "Senate Democrats just managed to pass their bloated spending bill disguised as "COVID relief.' This is the first COVID bill to be entirely partisan because it isn't designed to help end the pandemic -- it's a blatant attempt from Dems to jam through a partisan wish list."
Sen.John Thune
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