How John Thune Plans to Deliver

Washington — A few weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader John Thune got a late-night text message from the president of the United States: “Big John, we need to do a big, beautiful bill.”

The South Dakota senator chuckled as he recalled, during a wide-ranging interview inside his Capitol Hill office, Donald Trump’s peculiar word choice when laying out his hopes for the 2025 legislative calendar via iPhone keyboard. “I think he may have described it as ‘It’ll be glamorous.’”