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Fate of the Filibuster Emerges as a Central Issue in Senate Budget Fight
Some Republicans are uneasy that their party is pursuing a tactic that could weaken the filibuster and backfire in the future ...
Capitol Hill on Thune control
The 2017 tax cuts are likely to be renewed, not expire at the end of the year, thus avoiding a $4.5 trillion tax hike.
How Thune’s involvement tipped the scales in the House budget resolution fight
Senate Majority Leader John Thune pushed the budget resolution over the finish line after promising to adhere to the House's ...
The American Spectator13dOpinion
The End of the Filibuster Is Inevitable
Trump’s agenda is still facing formidable headwinds from both district judges usurping his separated powers (for which there ...
The New Yorker14d
Can John Thune Protect the Senate from Irrelevance?
From the daily newsletter: how the Trump Administration is threatening to push the Senate to obsolescence—and whether the ...
The New Yorker15d
The Senate’s Age of Irrelevance
would come Thune’s moment of truth, Manchin predicted. Would the Majority Leader keep his promise to preserve the filibuster? Or would he capitulate to Trump? “If John caves to that ...
GOP faces tough trade-offs on spending and taxes as it writes sweeping bill
Given Republicans' contradictory desires regarding fiscal legislation, reconciliation will require some hard choices.
Washington Examiner4d
How Thune’s involvement tipped the scales in the House budget resolution fight
This process allows the GOP to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda and easily bypass the 60-vote filibuster in the ... from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).