Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune made a big deal of unveiling the 2025 Senate calendar last week.
Senators — who, for years, have flown into D.C. on Monday nights and left on Thursday afternoons — were going to find themselves working five days per week. And there were going to be long stretches where the Senate was in session every week, especially early in President-elect Donald Trump’s new term.
But Thune is already hearing grumbling from some of his Republican colleagues, particularly some of the veteran senators or those who face long trips to be in town every Monday.
These complaints were raised during a closed-door Senate GOP meeting earlier this week — and Thune promised he would try to be flexible. Senators are likely to see some of these Friday votes dropped. But not early in the year, not until a large number of Trump’s nominees are cleared and the Republican agenda gets passed, Thune warned.
“The 2025 calendar is a serious commitment to accomplishing the long list of shared goals between Senate Republicans and President Trump,” said Ryan Wrasse, Thune’s communications director.
