John Thune: “We welcome conversations with you and your staff about flexibilities you feel we have that we are not extending.”

If the result is only achieved by nuking the legislative filibuster, we don’t have the votes to do that and so that’s not a — that’s just not a realistic option

There’s some states that are going to be on the hook for a pretty big payment.

It seems to me sometimes I’m the only one who can count to 50 in this town.

When the Senate completes its business on Aug. 8, to meet for pro forma sessions only at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.