John Thune: “The best thing that we can probably do in terms of improving the overall status and conditions for middle-class…”

It’s a great message. I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.

I worry about that, for sure.

It's a pretty simple measure, but an important way to ensure that members of Congress are held to the standards that America should be able to expect of their representatives.

The only conclusion one can draw is that the Democrats have concluded that it is good politics for them not to allow the Republicans to ‘get a victory’ or the president to ‘get a victory’ in the middle of a political season.