John Thune: “The following Senators are ncessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr.…”

There's still a lot of stuff that's piled up, trying to get through.

We need to turn our fire on Democrats, not on each other.

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

Unfortunately, I think after two government shutdowns that have extended for a long period of time, it’s better for everybody if there’s predictability, certainty, and just to take that issue off the table.