John Thune was going to miss his brother’s funeral.
Late on the last Thursday of January, the Senate schedule was crammed — a logjam of unorthodox nominees that needed to be confirmed to fill President Donald Trump’s cabinet, Democrats stalling and countering in the limited ways they could, the new president’s most vocal Republican supporters agitating for outright fealty and all but impossible speed. Thune, the new majority leader, had pledged to work weekends if needed, and this weekend...
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