John Thune: “I mean, the courts, obviously are the sort of the branch of our government that calls balls and strikes, and referees…”

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

I think we have a bunch of stuff we have to finish and we’ll just stay until we finish it.

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

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