Knives Being Sharpened in GOP Senate For Trump Agenda

Over the last several days, some of John Thune’s assignments for key committee chairmanships were made public. Mitch McConnell will chair the Rules Committee. This is the committee that controls which bills will be allowed to be considered; and which will be killed. Susan Collins will chair the Appropriations Committee. […]

Tests for Senate Majority Leader John Thune

I received the following e-mail blast from the Senate Conservatives Fund. It lays out the matter perfectly: For now, conservatives are reserving judgment about newly elected Senate Republican Leader John Thune.  Yes, he’s a career Establishment politician. And no, he has never led a high-profile, principled fight on the Senate […]