Exclusive: Thune Reflects on Reconciliation, Previews What’s Next for Senate GOP Agenda

Back in March, Senate Majority Leader John Thune distilled the stakes of the reconciliation fight in simple terms. “We have to deliver,” he told National Review at the time. “And shame on us if we don’t.”

Roughly four months later, Thune and his Senate Republican leadership colleagues can finally pat themselves on the back for successfully muscling the president’s mammoth tax-and-spend bill across the finish line before the July 4 recess — well before many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act were set to expire in December.

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Back in March, Senate Majority Leader John Thune distilled the stakes of the reconciliation fight in simple terms. “We have to deliver,” he told National Review at the time. “And shame on us if we don’t.”

Roughly four months later, Thune and his Senate Republican leadership colleagues can finally pat themselves on the back for successfully muscling the president’s mammoth tax-and-spend bill across the finish line before the July 4 recess — well before many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act were set to expire in December.