Senate Republicans are ready to begin delivering on President-elect Donald Trump’s historic mandate, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Wednesday in outlining the Senate’s path ahead.
Thune is just beginning his tenure as Republican leader, but he’s already charting a path far different than his predecessor, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who often sparred with and belittled Trump while Leader.
“The American people gave President Trump and Republicans a mandate,” Thune said in a Wednesday floor speech. “Now the time has come to begin executing on it.”
Thune, who called the illegal immigration crisis “one of the most important issues in this last election,” is teeing up a vote to advance the Laken Riley Act Friday – the first legislative vote the Senate will take under his leadership.