The Senate’s Plans to Get Out of Town Are Currently in ‘the Ditch’

As the calendar turns from July to August, senators were hoping they’d be on their way back to their home states for a monthlong recess. To hear Senate Majority Leader John Thune tell it, that isn’t happening.

“It looked like it was trending in the right direction,” Thune said of negotiations to get senators out of town. “And then, as you know, the wheels come off.”

When a reporter asked where the negotiations were headed, Thune had a straightforward answer: “The ditch.”