John Thune: “Corn farmers, soybean farmers, all want to manage their risk, and what they need to know is that they are going to have…”

Odds are we plan on being here next week," said Thune.

I worry about that, for sure.

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.

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.