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Thune and other Republicans blame Senate Democrats for failing to provide the votes to approve a spending bill passed by the House to reopen the government through Nov. 21.

Past administrations have avoided such unilateral moves, relying instead on temporary funding bills passed by lawmakers.

He has declined to even call members back to vote on some stand-alone bills like pay for the troops and other essential workers.

The wage bill kept on rocketing throughout his time.

They spent more than $350 million to build their roster, not counting the enormous luxury tax bill that will increase their overall expenditures to over a half-billion dollars.