John Thune Says the Senate Will Likely Have to Change the Date of the Funding Bill — And Quickly

Thune eyes longer stopgap funding bill as shutdown drags on

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Monday that the GOP-controlled chamber is seeking to craft a new funding measure to reopen the government beyond the initial timeline set by the House. The Nov. 21 funding date set by legislation passed in September by House Republicans, which has failed in the Senate 13 times because of a Democratic filibuster, will likely need to be extended into January to allow more time for the full-year appropr…

Senate Leader John Thune Tells President Trump, "There aren't enough Republican votes to end CR filibuster"

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters he informed President Trump, “The votes aren’t there” to kill the filibuster.  Ergo, the govt shutdown will continue. The issue is somewhat frustrating for those who have followed DC events closely.  The Democrats hated the Big Beautiful Bill budget and spending legislation, so the Republicans had to suspend […]

Senate Republicans plot longer-term funding bill as government shutdown continues

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans are considering pushing back the House-passed government funding extension in a bid to give lawmakers more time to pass spending bills.The House’s continuing resolution (CR) would reopen the government until Nov. 21. That bill has been blocked by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats 13 times so far and has pushed the shutdown into record-breaking terr…

GOP Senate leader undermines House speaker’s strategy in quest for longer funding deal

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune may have just changed the calculus that has allowed House Speaker Mike Johnson to keep Republicans in their home districts since mid-September: he no longer believes continuing resolution legislation should reopen the government only until November 21.Speaker Johnson has insisted that the House will not vote on any legislation until the Senate passes the House’s bill, but now that Leader Thune has dra…

John Thune Says the Senate Will Likely Have to Change the Date of the Funding Bill — And Quickly

J. Scott Applewhite/APSenate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Monday that the Senate will have to amend the Republican-approved continuing resolution, as its end date — Nov. 21 — is rapidly approaching.“The day is gonna have to change,” Thune told reporters.The decision ends the “Groundhog Day” votes the Senate has taken since the start of the shutdown. Thune forced a vote on the House-passed CR 13 times, with the results remaining esse…

New Bedford Councilor to Senators: "Enough is enough"—end the shutdown now!

"Dear Senators Markey and Warren, As a City Councillor entrusted by the hardworking families of Ward 3 in New Bedford, I'm aware that my votes affect all whom I serve. In the same spirit, your votes as representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts bear significant influence on a broader s