September 1st 2010
From MSNBC: Republican Senator John Thune says congress should go to a biennial federal budget to get the process under control. Thune, speaking Monday at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Sioux Falls, said he doesn't think congress can effectively govern a $4 trillion budget each year by having to consider and debate 12 separate appropriations bills, most of which never get passed. Thune said budgets could be passed in odd-number years when people are not running for office. In even-number years, lawmakers could look at how to save people money and do oversight.
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August 24th 2010
From the Rapid City Journal: A Keystone couple that have adopted four children out of foster care, three of which are siblings, have been nominated for the 2010 Angels in Adoption Award. Michael and Emily Beck, who were nominated by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said they felt a calling to grow their family through adoption and have worked diligently to reunite three siblings after the trio were separated in foster care.
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August 21st 2010
Yesterday, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) spoke at Heritage on the urgent need to rein in federal spending and reform the budget process. As Thune explained, there are 26 committees and subcommittees dedicated to spending, but not one to cutting spending.
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August 16th 2010
From KTIV: Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota says Congress should go to a biennial federal budget to get the unwieldy process under control. Thune, speaking Monday at a chamber of commerce luncheon in Sioux Falls, said he doesn't think Congress can effectively govern a $4 trillion budget each year by having to consider and debate 12 separate appropriations bills, most of which never get passed.
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August 24th 2010
From the Rapid City Journal: A Keystone couple that have adopted four children out of foster care, three of which are siblings, have been nominated for the 2010 Angels in Adoption Award. Michael and Emily Beck, who were nominated by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said they felt a calling to grow their family through adoption and have worked diligently to reunite three siblings after the trio were separated in foster care.
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August 21st 2010
Yesterday, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) spoke at Heritage on the urgent need to rein in federal spending and reform the budget process. As Thune explained, there are 26 committees and subcommittees dedicated to spending, but not one to cutting spending.
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August 16th 2010
From KTIV: Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota says Congress should go to a biennial federal budget to get the unwieldy process under control. Thune, speaking Monday at a chamber of commerce luncheon in Sioux Falls, said he doesn't think Congress can effectively govern a $4 trillion budget each year by having to consider and debate 12 separate appropriations bills, most of which never get passed.
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August 9th 2010
From Newsmax.com: Republican Sen. John Thune, a South Dakota conservative ... is pushing the idea of making the federal budget process biannual. Speaking recently at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C., Thune said that developing two-year budgets could remove the pressure on lawmakers to spend more during election years.
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January 15th 2010
Please join me for a live, interactive video townhall at 4pm CST on Monday, January 18th. Congress will be back in session next week, and I am excited about this opportunity to use the latest technology to discuss the issues with you, hear your concerns and answer questions. You’ll be able to ask questions using our chat feature, and I will answer them live on our video webcast.
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December 14th 2009
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Saturday, May 22nd
From The Associated Press:
Zach Hoffman was confident his small business would qualify for a new tax cut in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law.
But when he ran the numbers, Hoffman discovered that his office furniture company wouldn’t get any assistance with the $79,200 it pays annually in premiums for its 24 employees. “It leaves [...]
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Saturday, May 1st
The Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a report on the
effects of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” along with the subsequent reconciliation
measure, which showed that Democrats’ health care takeover is anything but affordable.The Chief
Actuary warns that the two new laws will increase health care costs, raise [...]
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Friday, April 30th
Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that Democrats needed to pass their government takeover of health care so that the American people could find out its benefits “away from the fog of the controversy.” But one month after President Obama signed the measure into law, the American people have found new problems in the Democrat approach—leading to [...]
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Monday, April 12th
From The Hill:
Taxpayers earning less than $200,000 a year will pay roughly $3.9 billion more in taxes — in 2019 alone — because of healthcare reform, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress’ official scorekeeper for legislation.
The new law raises $15.2 billion over 10 years by limiting the medical expense deduction, a provision widely [...]
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