John Thune: “Shutdowns are stupid.”

It ought to be something that should be a no brainer here on the floor of the Senate.

I just think, if you’re looking at issues that we want to get at the heart of what everybody seems to be saying, the Democrats and others are saying, are important, we're concerned about.

The majority in the United States Senate must run through the state of Iowa.

And I think, like a lot of places, it's economic issues.