Topic: John Thune

Lessons learned from HS football

The shoulder pads have been fitted, the jersey numbers have been selected, and the cleats have been broken-in.. After weeks of sweating it out ...
A vast majority of the likely GOP field for 2012 will speak at the fifth annual Values Voters Summit in September, according to a list released by...
Implementation of the Red Flags Rule by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which would require doctors and other businesses to take specific steps...

No timetable for 2012 decision

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a potential dark horse 2012 presidential candidate, said Tuesday he does not yet know when he will decide whether or not...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) only named one person when asked who he thinks might be the next Republican presidential nominee:...

EPA in Another Dust Up

I got two press releases Friday afternoon from Republican senators calling on EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to abandon new dust regulation...

Is Republican John Thune testing the 2012 waters?

OXON HILL, Maryland (Reuters) - Republican Senator John Thune did nothing on Thursday to encourage talk among party loyalists that he might run for president in 2012.On the other hand, he did not discourage such talk either.Republicans at this juncture in
The tea party's demands for ideological purity have caught some GOP presidential hopefuls off guard, forcing them to awkwardly defend past decisions as they watch hard-right rivals gain ground.It's painfully ironic for some of the Republicans most often m
Senate Democrats reject GOP bid to end payments from Wall Street bailout programThe Senate Thursday killed a Republican attempt to shut down the Wall Street bailout program.The defeated proposal would have barred the Treasury Department from releasing any
US Senate defeats Thune amendment to end TARP, require that paybacks retire national debtThe U.S. Senate has defeated an amendment by South Dakota Sen. John Thune to end the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which bailed out banks, automakers and other finan