Thune: Democrats Threaten to Shut Down the Government … Again
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “This week, as you know … the rescissions bill is the legislation that’s going to be on the floor – at least we hope it’s […]
Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Strengthens Medicaid
MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS WILL SAVE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND HELP PRESERVE MEDICAID FOR MOTHERS, THE ELDERLY, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND LOW-INCOME CHILDREN Republicans’ bill establishes work requirements for able-bodied adults who don’t have dependent children younger than 14 years of age or a disabled individual in their care. (U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: […]
Are Democrats Barreling Toward Another Schumer Shutdown?
“Senator Schumer’s latest Dear Colleague letter is wildly hypocritical. The true ‘affront to the bipartisan appropriations process’ was him refusing to put a single bipartisan Committee-passed FY25 appropriations bill on the floor last year as Majority Leader…not a SINGLE one. His disastrous decision and failure of leadership is what led to the full-year CR we’re […]
Thune Joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News. On the Big, Beautiful Bill: “The fact of the matter is, these are changes that are long overdue. We’ve got a $36 trillion debt growing by the day, and it was high time […]
Six Months of Senate Republican Accomplishments
SENATE REPUBLICANS’ RECONCILIATION BILL MADE OVER $4 TRILLION IN TAX CUTS PERMANENT THAT PRIMARILY HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND MAIN STREET AMERICA Senate Republicans’ reconciliation bill permanently extends the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, preventing a $4.3 trillion tax increase on the American people, including a $2.6 trillion tax hike on households earning less than […]
Thune: Republicans Keep Scoring, Democrats Can’t Get Off the Bench
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Good afternoon, everyone. Hope everybody caught up on their sleep. “We had an incredibly successful week last week when we passed the reconciliation bill. “It […]
Every Senate Democrat Just Voted for More Than $4 Trillion in Tax Hikes
EVERY SINGLE SENATE DEMOCRAT TRIED TO RAISE TAXES ON AMERICAN FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES – BUT REPUBLICANS REFUSED TO LET THAT HAPPEN “This is about extending that tax relief, so the same people that benefited from it back in 2017 and for the last eight years don’t end up having a colossal, massive tax increase […]
Obstructionist Democrats Try to Distract and Delay Relief for Americans
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING THEIR VOTE-A-RAMA ANTICS WILL MAKE VOTERS FORGET ABOUT THE PARTY’S UNPOPULARITY AND INEPTITUDE As a way to needlessly delay consideration of Republicans’ reconciliation bill, Senate Democrats forced the Senate clerks to read the entire bill on the floor. (NOTUS’ Ursula Perano: post on X – 6/28/25) “I will object to Republicans moving […]
Senate Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Achieves Historic Savings for Taxpayers
“In the wake of the Biden administration and Democrats exploding the growth of government spending on programs like Medicaid, we will make commonsense reforms to return to a fiscally sustainable path.” – Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) SENATE REPUBLICANS’ RECONCILIATION BILL SAVES MORE THAN THE HOUSE VERSION AND WILL LOWER THE DEFICIT BY TRILLIONS […]
Senate Republicans Are Strengthening Medicaid and Rural Hospitals
DEMOCRATS SET MEDICAID ON AN UNSUSTAINABLE PATH AND PRIORITIZED LARGE HOSPITALS OVER SMALLER RURAL ONES “The Biden administration has enacted several major Medicaid rule changes with giant fiscal costs,” including a rule finalized in 2024 that keeps people on Medicaid “when they are no longer eligible,” while restricting the times “when states may verify changes […]