John Thune
Pro-lifers praise Republicans for stopping Senate Democrats’ push to expand abortion funding
Thu Nov 13, 2025 - 6:45 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — Pro-lifers are praising Senate Republicans for rejecting Democrat demands to include taxpayer funding of abortion in their deal to reopen the government. On Monday night, the…
Thune Blocks Democrat Obamacare Plan, Citing ‘Failed Promises’ and Rising Costs
As the Senate convened for a rare session on Sunday to possibly vote in favor of a potential “short term funding measure,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune shut down a Nov. 8 proposal from Senate Minority Leader Chuck…
Republicans Try a New Strategy to End Shutdown
Amid the longest-ever federal government shutdown, a possible path to reopening the government is emerging. But the task of Republican leaders in Congress, to cajole enough people to walk down that path, will be difficult.…
Will the Shutdown End with a Long-Term Funding Deal?
Senators left Washington Thursday after another week of failing to reopen the government —ensuring that the federal government shutdown will go on for at least 34 days—one day short of the record. By the time senators get…
Democrats Playing Politics With People’s Lives, Livelihoods
Editor’s note: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., delivered the following remarks Wednesday on the Senate floor: “Mr. President, we’re now in Day 29 of the Democrat government shutdown. “And I say that because it is a…
Hill GOP Leadership Debating Next Steps in Shutdown Stare Down
More than three weeks into what is now the second-longest federal government shutdown in history, Republicans have to decide whether or not to change their strategy or keep putting the same government funding bill on the…
Will Republicans Nuke the Filibuster to End the Shutdown?
Will Senate Republicans go nuclear to end the shutdown? It’s a fair question, considering how dug in the Democrats appear to be, having voted down a continuing resolution to fund the government over a half dozen times. “The…
Senate GOP Leadership Outlines Post-Shutdown Strategy
On Tuesday night, forty-three Democrats in the Senate denied Republicans the votes necessary to avert a government shutdown. But tellingly, at least according to one Senate Republican leader, three senators in the Democrat…
Vote for Government Shutdown Could Haunt Vulnerable House Dems
As a government shutdown looms in mere hours, votes from vulnerable Ohio Democrats in the House could come back to haunt them. Reps. Marcy Kaptur, Emilia Sykes, and Greg Landsman are being targeted by the National Republican…
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