Thune’s Midnight Folly
How Senate Leadership Played the House and the Base for Suckers — And Why the Speaker's Backbone Points the Way Forward In the wee hours of March 27, 2026 — around 2:30 to 3 a.m. — the U.S. Senate passed a unanimous consent request to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security. Only about five senators were physically present on the floor: Republicans John Thune, Eric Schmitt, and Bernie Moreno (presiding), plus Democrats Brian Schatz and Andy Kim. The deal cleared funding for TSA, the Coast Guard, FEMA, CISA, and other non-enforcement functions while explicitly carving out full funding for…