John Thune

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday said he is “not averse” to a deal that would address high healthcare costs and potentially extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News in a written statement that Democrats “aren’t serious” about lowering healthcare costs, unlike Republicans and President Donald Trump.

The Senate on Thursday failed to advance a Democrat healthcare bill and a Republican bill that would have addressed the high cost of health care. 

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said that the Senate will vote Thursday on a healthcare reform package led by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Mike Crapo (R-IL).

The U.S. Senate passed a bill that will require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release any remaining files relating to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after more political theater from Democrats.

A disastrous shutdown for Democrats got worse Sunday when Senate Democrats folded on government funding while receiving nothing of substance in return.

Senators will not be released to go home until the shutdown, now on its 39th day, is brought to an end. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) will keep the Senate in session until a government funding deal is struck,

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the Democrat lawmakers’ shutdown strategy is extortion and Republicans will not give in to “this crazy plot of theirs.” 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called for the Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown, saying it “may start costing the U.S. economy up to $15 billion a day.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republicans are ditching their weekend fundraising event as the government shutdown drags on, while Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) continues to plan the Democrats’ fundraising vacation in California’s luxurious Napa Valley.

Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) are to “blame” for the government shutdown.

During this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) dismissed Senate Democrats’ proposals to reopen the government amid the shutdown.

Senate Republicans need five more votes from Democrats to pass their continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government, with some eyeing moderates from the other side of the aisle who may be convinced to cross over.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) stated that Senate Republicans are willing to talk about the premium tax credit, just not in the context of a government shutdown and

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) stated that Democrats “tried to introduce a trillion dollars in new spending, free health care for illegals as part of their proposal” to

Congressional Democrats appear hellbent on shutting down the government to prevent a short-term extension of spending levels originally set by a Democrat president.

Wednesday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said he was “very concerned” about the impact of President Donald Trump’s recent statement linking autism to Tylenol.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Truth Social that he will not meet with Democrat minority leaders who had requested talks ahead of next week’s government shutdown deadline, writing that “no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive.”

Democrat leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on Saturday sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to meet with them directly, blaming Republicans for the ongoing government funding fight and accusing the GOP of targeting healthcare programs as the September 30 deadline nears.

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Breitbart News exclusively that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is careening the nation towards a government shutdown, and labeled the impending impasse a “Schumer Shutdown.”

Senate Democrats defeated a House-passed bill to fund the government Friday, propelling the nation toward a government shutdown.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Breitbart News exclusively he has everything lined up to once and for all break the Democrat logjam of qualified nominees of President Donald Trump in the Senate and will move to confirm 48 of them in the first of many big batches of nominees as soon as Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Breitbart News exclusively that unfortunately Democrats on the radical left have allowed the normalization of “violent behavior” in furtherance of their agenda as evidenced by the many Democrats celebrating the tragic assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.

Senate Republicans have now invoked the “nuclear option” that could change the chamber’s rules and more easily allow them to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees.

I refuse to let Senate Democrats’ Trump Derangement Syndrome derail the confirmation process.

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey–President Donald Trump tore into Senate Democrats and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Saturday evening, saying he is demanding a billion dollars in exchange for help approving Trump’s nominees.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is reportedly working hard to get President Donald Trump’s outstanding nominees confirmed.

A $9 billion package of federal spending cuts aimed at public broadcasting and overseas aid was passed by the U.S. Senate early Thursday morning in yet another sweeping legislative victory for President Donald Trump.

One year after President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at the infamous Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, Republican lawmakers and officials are crediting God with saving the president’s life.

The Senate voted to proceed on President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill in a rare drama-packed Saturday night vote.

President Donald Trump holds a press conference about the Big Beautiful Bill on Thursday, June 26.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said “No” Thursday when asked if he would overrule Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who rejected key Medicaid provisions in the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill.”

The U.S. Senate is on track to pass the budget reconciliation plan — better known as the “big, beautiful bill” — out of the Senate by President Donald Trump’s preferred July 4 deadline, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Breitbart News Saturday over the weekend.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) threw his support behind President Donald Trump after the U.S. completed strikes on Iran nuclear sites on Saturday. 

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said he is supportive of “everything the President’s done so far” regarding the Israel-Iran conflict.

Republicans in the Senate are only targeting “waste, fraud, and abuse” in Medicaid, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) made clear.