Republicans say they'd welcome Fetterman as GOP eyes bigger Senate majority

Republicans are ready to embrace a maverick Democrat eying an exit from the party to further grow their thin majority. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., recently drew a sharp line in the sand on what it would take to leave the Democratic Party, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., would be happy to have him officially cross the aisle. "Yes, we would welcome him," Thune said. "And I haven't talked to him recently. I have had conversations with him in the past, as have many of my colleagues, a