Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Tuesday that Republican senators will discuss employing a seldom-used interpretation of the Senate Rules to require that Democrats actively hold the Sente floor with continuous debate — a so-called standing filibuster — to increase the chances of Congress passing nationwide voting reform.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) denied promising that Senate Republicans would weaken the filibuster to pass the SAVE Act, telling the Washington Examiner on Tuesday that he only agreed to speak with the rest of his conference about it.

Republican senators are promoting the Working Families Tax Cuts Act in meetings with businesses and families across America, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.

Yet after 300 days, the Senate Rules Committee has still made no move to bring it to the floor. More than 30 House Republicans, led by Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, sent a scathing letter to committee Chairman Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., demanding action.

Move over, Chuck Grassley (R-IA). John Thune (R-SD) might just take the cake for the senator with the biggest sweet tooth. Thune, who became Senate majority leader last year, is notorious for his love of dessert,

Senate Majority PAC (SMP), an outside spending group affiliated with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, entered 2026 with a massive

Seven Republican senators on Thursday voted against advancing a six-bill funding package to keep the government open past Friday, citing concerns about the ballooning federal deficit and what they saw as the failure of the so-called appropriations minibus to significantly cut spending Sens.