Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make recess appointments to clear the backlog of his pending nominees is an ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Thursday floated allowing for recess appointments to speed up confirming a ...

SIOUX FALLS — When South Dakota Republican John Thune delivered his first remarks as U.S. Senate majority leader in January, he pledged to restore “regular order” to the chamber, including “bringing ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, facing a backlog of unconfirmed nominees, is asking Democrats to quit stalling and confirm Trump’s picks.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Friday afternoon that whether a deal is reached on 160 stalled nominees ...

A leader of a government watchdog group says U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, had a conflict of ...

Changes to the confirmation process that the GOP is considering include having nominations sent out in blocks for voting.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is welcomed the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce for its annual “Inside Washington” ...

The Senate took a significant step Friday towards averting a partial government shutdown in the fall by passing a tranche of ...

According to CSPAN's Craig Caplan, "Senate just agreed by unanimous consent at the request of Majority Leader Thune to hold pro forma sessions every 3 days following today’s session and not return for ...

A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess for now as President Donald Trump ...

Hours of tense negotiations to strike a deal on President Donald Trump’s nominees blew up Saturday night, and now lawmakers ...