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New GOP senate leader is a former lobbyist who has taken aim at Social Security

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Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is a close ally of Sen. Mitch McConnell .

Thune has received more than $1.16 million in campaign donations from the fossil fuel industry.

He is a leading advocate of repealing the estate tax, a move that would benefit a small number of wealthy Americans .

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