John Thune

Republican leaders are discussing keeping the Affordable Care Act's 3.8 percent investment tax on upper-income earners. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate healthcare bill likely to keep Obamacare taxes

Susan Ferrechio · July 11, 2017 7:11 pm

Conservatives are backing Cruz's plan, which would allow insurers to sell plans that don't comply with Obamacare's mandates as long as they sell some that do. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ted Cruz’s Obamacare amendment gains momentum after Trump tweet

Robert King and Susan Ferrechio · July 1, 2017 4:01 am

Amendment would let insurers sell plans that don't comply with Obamacare's insurance mandates as long as they sell some plans that do. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate leaders consider Cruz option to avoid Obamacare insurer requirements

Robert King · June 29, 2017 10:54 pm

"If it takes something like that to get members on board to move this process forward we have to consider that," said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the third-ranking GOP senator. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senators target healthcare bill’s tax cut for wealthy

Robert King · June 29, 2017 8:37 pm

A version is expected to be made public Thursday morning and voted on by next Thursday ahead of the Fourth of July recess. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What we know so far about the GOP healthcare bill

Kimberly Leonard and Robert King · June 21, 2017 10:42 pm

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the second-ranking GOP senator, said some parts of the bill were bogging Republicans down. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

GOP Sen. John Thune: No deal on healthcare despite Thursday bill release

Robert King · June 20, 2017 7:17 pm

No legislative text has ben released and major divisions remain in the GOP conference over Medicaid and other issues. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Vote on healthcare bill by July 4 looking more in doubt

Robert King · June 15, 2017 7:22 pm

A bipartisan set of principles was released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

National Security

Senators hope to ‘usher in’ era of driverless cars

Joel Gehrke · June 13, 2017 7:59 pm

President Donald Trump speaks before having lunch with Republican Senators in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. From left are Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the president and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump receptive on continuing Obamacare payments, Thune says

Robert King · June 13, 2017 7:54 pm

Republicans are discussing whether to allow states to opt out of community rating, which forbids insurers from charging sick people more for coverage. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Senate debates keeping key Obamacare insurer requirement

Robert King · June 9, 2017 4:01 am

"This is an attempt to try to bring us to consensus on the major items," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the second-ranking GOP senator said after a Tuesday meeting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate group gets healthcare text but doesn’t patch up differences

Robert King · June 6, 2017 5:58 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has suggested that all of the House Republicans' ideas for eliminating tax breaks to achieve lower tax rates enjoy little or no Senate support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senators plan Medicaid’s future

Robert King · May 24, 2017 4:01 am