This week on the Hill: Senate faces a packed to-do list

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a packed legislative agenda this week and growing pressure to advance a slate of high-stakes GOP priorities. At the top of his list is government funding. With Senate appropriators still deadlocked over top-line spending levels, Thune is eyeing a stopgap measure that would keep federal agencies funded at...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a packed legislative agenda this week and growing pressure to advance a slate of high-stakes GOP priorities. At the top of his list is government funding. With Senate appropriators still deadlocked over top-line spending levels, Thune is eyeing a stopgap measure that would keep federal agencies funded at...