Trump and Johnson vs. Thune

GOP Senate leader 'thrown under the bus' as Republicans panic about shutdown fight: report

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has his “back up against the wall” as a growing number of Republicans – including President Donald Trump – take shots at the GOP Senate leader for having worked with Democrats to end the ongoing partial government shutdown, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday.“To put it bluntly, Thune feels like he’s been thrown under the bus,” wrote Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio. “His allies have taken issue not only with…

DHS shutdown stress-tests Thune's relationship with Mike Johnson

A partial government shutdown is driving a new wedge between Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and his House counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), as Republicans struggle to find a way to reopen the Department of Homeland Security. Thune and Johnson have stayed in “frequent” communication since the House dramatically rejected a Senate-brokered deal to reopen DHS on Friday, according to a source familiar with the discussions. But so fa…

Trump and Johnson vs. Thune

Punchbowl News: “Thune’s tumultuous split with Speaker Mike Johnson over DHS funding has the South Dakota Republican under increasing pressure from all sides, including from President Donald Trump and some rank-and-file GOP senators.” “The White House believes it’s unsustainable for the Senate to stay out of session for two weeks while DHS isn’t funded. House Republican leadership is privately sniping at Thune for what they consider a dumb polit…