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Posted on 05/21/2026 5:13:13 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Senate is heading home until June without finishing a reconciliation bill, after Republican tensions over the package coincided with President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).
Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman posted on X: “BREAKING NEWS: THE SENATE will go home until June, leaving the reconciliation bill unfinished. THUNE just told senators in the room. All because of the DOJ weaponization fund. House is expected to follow suit soon.”
Brendan Pedersen, a senior reporter with Punchbowl News, posted on X: “Thune asked if Senate Rs are responding to politics — ie, Trump endorsements and snubs this week
‘It’s hard to divorce anything that happens here from what’s happening in political atmosphere around us,’ Thune said. ‘You can’t disconnect those things.’”
While Republican Senators publicly claim substantive issues with the bill were the driving factor behind the early vacation, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) acknowledged President Donald Trump’s Tuesday endorsement of Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) weighed heavily on Republican Senators’ minds as they skipped town instead of advancing a top Trump priority as planned. The comments came after Trump endorsed Paxton in the Texas Senate Republican primary runoff against Cornyn, a move that has sharply intensified pressure inside the Senate GOP ahead of the May 26 runoff.
Vice President JD Vance told Breitbart News White House Correspondent Nick Gilbertson on Tuesday, May 19, that President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Paxton “sends a message” that lawmakers “have got to serve the people” who elected them.
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With “friends” like these.....
Thune is hungry for that Minority Leader job and will do anything to get it.
“If you want a friend in DC, get a dog.” - Harry Truman..............
Thune the Canadian is next.
How many votes does a majority or minority leader need for the job? A simple majority of the caucus? A plurality?
So he’s going to F the American people including the people he’s supposed too represent because he’s butt hurt???
I pray Trump does to him what he does to the people who screw him.
The rotten Senate either needs to get rid of him or they ought to face the wrath of We The People.
Like I said, middle school mean girls.
“I’m taking my ball and going home....Nyah!”
Thune’s next.
Thune chooses politics over constitutional obligation to protect the citizens of the US. he is a Communist pretending to be a conservative republican .
The Republic needs for SOB Thune to be primaried. Badly. Same for all Buch era RINOs.
Slime should rhyme with Thune
Moon, Goon, Thune..................
The mask is off and they are showing us what they really are. Their “club” is more important to them than the American people of America. We now see why Republicans haven’t really been able to get anything done that the base wanted for decades. McConnell was bad, Thune is becoming just as bad.
As if I needed any more motivation to vote for Paxton.
Is there no way they can be removed for failing to do their jobs? There must be some accountability for this level of dysfunction.
How many times have we heard Senators pontificate that the Senate is that great deliberative body or debate society?
When the debate on the SAVE ACT got too hot for the Senators to handle in March 2026, the great debaters went on Easter Vacation.
Based on the Senate’s current actions, we should call the Senate the Great Malingering Society.
Truman was the last Democrat with any redeeming qualities
When the States Legislatures chose their Senators, that was true, but has not been true since modern times.............
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