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Republicans, John Thune and United States Senate

RealClearPolitics · 9m

Senate Republicans Hold News Briefing After John Thune Wins Leadership Vote

Senate Republicans are expected to debut their new leadership team in a press conference around 2:00 pm, after selecting a new majority leader on Wednesday. Sens. Rick Scott, John Thune, and John Cornyn have thrown their hats into the ring to replace Mitch McConnell as the Senate Republican Leader.

CBS News on MSN · 15h

Senate Republicans elect John Thune to lead after 17-year McConnell run

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn of Texas in the race for Senate Republican leader.

Time on MSN · 16h

Senate Republicans Pick Most Anti-MAGA Option as Next Leader

He rode a remarkable and ahistoric wave back to re-election last week, one in which his allies expanded their majority in the House, and the Senate will return in January with Republicans holding the gavels.

Trump, Senate and recess appointment

The Associated Press on MSN · 9h

Trump issues early challenge to GOP Senate with defiant nominations

Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader, President-elect Donald Trump presented him with one of his first tests — an announcement that he intends to nominate House Republican Matt Gaetz as attorney general.

Trump calls on contenders for Senate GOP leadership to allow ‘recess appointments.’ Here’s what that means.

President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Republicans in the running for Senate majority leadership to allow him to make "recess appointments." Here's what that means.

YAHOO!News · 1d

Trump Demands Next GOP Senate Leader Agree To ‘Recess Appointments’

Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner,

The Washington Post21h

Senate Republicans settle on a new party leader after seizing the majority on Election Day

WASHINGTON — It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades. Three senators were ...

18hon MSN

Republicans hold onto the House, after clinching Senate and presidency

Republicans have won enough seats to keep control of the House of Representatives, ABC News projects, clinching a unified GOP ...

16hon MSN

Republicans promise to protect the Senate filibuster, even if it hinders Trump's agenda

The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

17hon MSN

Matt Gaetz faces GOP Senate opposition after Trump selection for attorney general

Matt Gaetz's selection by Trump for attorney general led to immediate pushback from Republicans who forecast a bleak outlook ...

16hon MSN

Wisconsin Republican acknowledges defeat in Senate race, but questions result and mulls recount

Eric Hovde, the Wisconsin Republican who nearly unseated Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, acknowledged this week that he lost ...

16h

Defeated GOP Senate candidate Hovde calls loss 'painful' but refuses to concede to Baldwin

On the same day he referred to his loss to Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin as "brutally hard and painful" and a "gut-wrenching ...

18hon MSNOpinion

Senate GOP must stop Tulsi Gabbard from getting keys to intelligence castle

Tulsi Gabbard would be high up there. However, that's exactly who President-elect Donald Trump nominated to head the ...

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