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Inside Senate GOP's tense post-election reckoning as Thune clashes with Republican critics
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Senate Republicans kept John Thune as leader by acclamation after a heated closed-door meeting that some lawmakers compared to "Festivus."

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Inside Senate GOP's tense post-election reckoning as Thune clashes with Republican criticsSenate Republicans kept John Thune as leader by acclamation after a heated closed-door meeting that some lawmakers compared to "Festivus."