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EPISODE · Jul 27, 2026 · 15 MIN

Thune is in the hot seat

from The Playbook Podcast · host POLITICO

President Donald Trump is pushing for polarizing legislation to be folded into a budget resolution. But will Senate Majority Leader John Thune even bring the resolution to the floor? Meanwhile, there's a long list of other items on the Senate's agenda as it heads into crunch time before its August recess. And the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral is brining foreign leaders—including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—to Washington, teeing up high-stakes conversations on the wars in Iran and Ukraine.   For more news and analysis, subscribe to the Playbook newsletter: politico.com/playbook 

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