McConnell’s hospitalization raises questions for GOP’s future

And it left some GOP senators feeling unsettled and worried about the future. Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D. ), former Senate GOP Whip John Cornyn (Texas) and Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (Wyo.) The reception was a thank-you event for the super PAC’s supporters, and several GOP senators attended. “It was a pretty good showing of Republican colleagues.