Thune Needs to Give Democrats a Shutdown Offramp

Thune needs to give Democrats a shutdown offramp

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is too out of touch and bereft of ideas to provide the leadership needed to end the government shutdown imposed on the nation. His weakness has left him and Senate Democrats under the control of left-wing interest groups, which forced Vice President Kamala Harris to take radical positions on gender and immigration that she was forced to walk back during the general election. They care nothing about the…

John Thune’s Shutdown Strategy: Wait for the Democrats to Fold

In the nine months since John Thune became Senate majority leader, the South Dakota Republican has held his party together again and again on tough votes to move President Donald Trump’s agenda through Congress.