Thune: Dems Need to Dial Back Demands to Avoid Shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats need to “dial back” their demands to avoid a government shutdown.

“I’m a big believer that there’s always a way out,” the South Dakota Republican told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday.

“And I think there are off-ramps here, but I don’t think that the negotiating position, at least at the moment, that the Democrats are trying to exert here is going to get you there.”