John Thune: “The Senate’s committees are working closely to identify potential Byrd problems ahead of time.”

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

As soon as they’re ready to go, we’ll put it on the floor

The election ought to be painting a contrast between us and the Democrats and not creating conflicts with fellow Republicans.

Yeah, that’s not going to happen