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| https://www.thune.senate.gov/news/press-releases/thune-will-democrats-finally-take-yes-for-an-answer-2/ | Thune: Will Democrats Finally Take Yes for an Answer? | 2026-09-29 | 2026 | 2026-09 | Republican | Senate | SD | John Thune | T000250 | www.thune.senate.gov | thune | https://www.thune.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ | scraper | Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “I said a couple of weeks ago that we had a big, but limited, opportunity to get some really consequential things done. “And unfortunately, it’s been very shameful that the Democrats have decided to play politics rather than to work with us to do what I believe is really consequential legislation. “And the two most recent examples of that are blocking getting on the Clarity Act – which was incredibly necessary for our financial services markets for digital assets, and they blocked it, even getting on it on the floor of the Senate. “And then now we’ve got them also not taking yes [for an answer] on permitting reform. “We have been litigating that for a long time, a tremendous amount of work gone into it by Chair Capito and Chair Lee and their Democrat counterparts on the committees of jurisdiction. “And we had a bill which I thought was an incredibly strong bill. “The Democrats are not prepared to let us vote on that just yet. “So right now, I think this is, a lot of it’s about election year politics, but it’s not the first time this has happened. “If you think about the other things that they blocked just recently, the National Defense Authorization Act, the farm bill, FISA reauthorization – these are all bills that are critically important either to our national security or our economic security in this country. “And in every circumstance, the Democrats have blocked us from consideration, even getting on those bills. “So that’s where things are right now. “It’s a political season, we all understand that. “But you would think that, on issues where you have broad bipartisan consensus and things that are really important to the future of this country, you would get some Democrats to work with you and cooperate. “Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. “But there’s still an opportunity. “So this week, we’re going to allow the Democrats to have an opportunity to vote on legislation that has come over from the House. “The first of which is a photo ID law coupled with a ban on insider trading, something that’s broadly supported by the American people, both issues, and also something that had big support coming out of the House of Representatives. “And then secondly, on the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would prevent rate hikes on electricity costs for consumers around this country. “Both pieces of legislation strike at the very heart of issues that the American people care deeply about, passionately about – and we’ll see if the Democrats are willing to take yes for an answer. “Because in the House of Representatives, the Ratepayer Protection Act passed 417-3 – 417-3. “Huge bipartisan support coming out of the House, and it ought to be something that should be a no-brainer here on the floor of the Senate. “We’re going to give the Democrats a chance tomorrow to vote on that, and let’s hope they do the right thing, but we’re going to see what they want to do.” | 1 | 2026-09-30T10:57:52Z | 2026-09-30T10:59:04Z |