Thune cools expectations for House housing bill redo

The Senate majority leader signaled senators may not simply accept the House’s latest bipartisan housing package as lawmakers clash over what belongs in one of Congress’s few affordability bills.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), flanked by Senate Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), speaks to reporters following a closed-door Republican Party meeting in the Capitol on April 21, 2026. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP