Sen. John Thune: 'Trump derangement syndrome' forced historic votes, long work sessions
Senate majority leader drove colleagues hard as Congress approved major legislation, Trump nominees

“Trump derangement syndrome” is causing unprecedented gridlock on Capitol Hill and historic workloads to break it.
That’s how Sen. John Thune assessed his first year as majority leader of the United States Senate, a year marked with successes, challenges and at-times frenzied negotiations to conduct the business of the federal Legislature.
“I don’t always connote activity with productivity in Washington,” Thune told The Dakota Scout this week while appearing on “The Scouting Lounge” — newspaper’s weekly podcast.










