John Thune: “It’s all going to be what can we get to 60 [votes] on over here.”

I would love to have some spending cuts associated with the debt limit debate.

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

We need to ensure that they do not face a third.

There's been enough uncertainty this last year, and, you know, unfortunately, I think through two government shutdowns that extended for a long period of time, it's better for everybody if there's predictability, certainty.