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Benefits of ethanol news conference in Washington
Sen. John Thune, R-SD, speaks during a news conference to dispel myths about the use of ethanol as a biofuel on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 22, 2008. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott)

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PIERRE, S.D., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Flags will fly at half-staff in memory of former South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow, who died Thursday after a bout with brain cancer, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said.
House GOP rankled by Senate tax cut vote
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Some U.S. House Republican members were upset with the Senate's overwhelming passage Saturday of a $30 billion tax cut and Medicare bill extension.
GOP: Democrats foundering under Obama
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in the Senate are rewriting a presidential job creation bill, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. said Saturday.
WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Tuesday voted not to kill $6 billion in ethanol subsidies as part of the tax reform debate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Potential GOP presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul are to address the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Senate Democrats filed a $1.1 trillion spending bill Tuesday that would fund the government through the end of fiscal year 2011, Republican officials said.
Three party system? Possible, says Thune
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. said disaffected U.S. voters could form a splinter group after the midterm elections if Republicans let them down.
GOP says bipartisanship still possible
WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- A Senate Republican leader says his party will look for bipartisan chances on a "case-by-case basis," not just refuse to cooperate as one senator suggested.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Republicans would oppose a jobs creation bill if it taps unspent bank bailout and stimulus funds, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A group of mostly Republican U.S. senators say Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should wrap up the program used to bail out banks by the end of the year.
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