John Thune: “I think the recent attack has really captured the Nation's attention and focus and sort of underscored the increasing…”

It's an economic frustration.

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

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.