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“Why is the filibuster more important than stopping illegals from voting?” came the pointed inquiry.
In 11 words the moment captured the tensions that have pulled at Thune ever since he became the Senate’s top Republican in January. Thune, a pragmatic South Dakotan, answered the question with a discourse about the institutional differences between the “majoritarian” House and “methodical” Senate, and the value of those distinctions. But he leads a party that, in President