John Thune: “I’ve indicated to him in most cases — not all — that what he wants done, we just don’t have the votes for, and there’s…”

If he can change the facts and start moving some of those senators from nos to yeses, then we’ll have a different conversation. It’s just the reality.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent when the Senate adjourns on Thursday, Sept. 10, it stand adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14.

I mean I can't defend anything that guy says or does.

try as we did on the House-passed version of it, we weren’t going to get there, and it was the small refineries issue.