Senate Republicans began distancing themselves from the provision last week, shortly after its addition became widely reported.

But many senators from both parties are eager to roll back the legislative language they didn’t know Thune secretly negotiated with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the government funding package that ended the longest shutdown in history last week. Republicans could revolt if leadership doesn’t give them a vote to overturn it.

South Dakota's senators voted for a deal that appears poised to reopen the federal government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

The House plans to vote on the release of the Epstein files and a measure to alter a provision in the shutdown-ending funding bill.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend the filibuster on Day One of his leadership tenure,

Sen. John Thune rejected Democrats’ plan to extend Obamacare subsidies, calling it wasteful and ineffective ahead of today’s likely Senate vote.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Friday that he is pushing for Democrats to “reengage” in bipartisan talks to end the shutdown after the “wheels fell off” when Democrats unified

The USS Pierre officially joined the United States Navy this morning in Panama City, Florida. Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s daughter, Larissa Thune