What to expect as Senate Republicans launch SAVE America Act debate
What's the endgame here?
Republicans are hoping to fix the spotlight squarely on Democrats as the Senate prepares for days of high drama over President Donald Trump’s marquee election bill.
The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday to kick off debate on the SAVE America Act, voting legislation that quickly set Republicans at odds over Trump’s demand to bulldoze the filibuster to pass it.
The bill, which requires national voter ID and proof of citizenship when registering to vote, is broadly supported by Republicans and passed the House in February with zero defections. But there is no path for it to become law unless Republicans sidestep the 60 votes needed for most legislation, something that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says there isn’t the GOP support to do.
The first vote will briefly highlight those divisions — at least one Republican, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), plans to vote “no” and two others could as well — but the debate is meant to give Republicans a common goal: forcing Democrats into days of speeches and legislative sparring over the merits of the bill.
Republicans plan to highlight the popularity of voter ID and will use the proof of citizenship language to portray Democrats as unwilling to prevent illegal immigrants from voting. Trump has also asked that Republicans tack on language restricting transgender surgeries and transgender participation in women’s sports — two policies that Republicans successfully used as a political wedge against Democrats in the last election cycle.
Democrats, for their part, say the legislation is a ruse for voter suppression and have vowed to fight it “tooth and nail.” They’ll have limited tools as the minority party and will need to keep a constant presence on the Senate floor to prevent its passage. But there are tactics Democrats can try to use to knock Republicans off balance, and they’ve begun ramping up their countermessaging.
In a Monday floor speech, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused Republicans of “conspiring with Donald Trump to undermine democracy and disenfranchise millions of Americans.”
“Put simply, the SAVE Act is designed to make it harder to vote and easier to steal an election,” Schumer said.
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The process falls short of what the MAGA base, and the president himself, want to see. Conservatives tried and failed to convince Thune to pursue a talking filibuster, an old-school way of blockading legislation that might …
What's the endgame here?
Republicans are hoping to fix the spotlight squarely on Democrats as the Senate prepares for days of high drama over President Donald Trump’s marquee election bill.
The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday to kick off debate on the SAVE America Act, voting legislation that quickly set Republicans at odds over Trump’s demand to bulldoze the filibuster to pass it.
The bill, which requires national voter ID and proof of citizenship when registering to vote, is broadly supported by Republicans and passed the House in February with zero defections. But there is no path for it to become law unless Republicans sidestep the 60 votes needed for most legislation, something that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says there isn’t the GOP support to do.
The first vote will briefly highlight those divisions — at least one Republican, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), plans to vote “no” and two others could as well — but the debate is meant to give Republicans a common goal: forcing Democrats into days of speeches and legislative sparring over the merits of the bill.
Republicans plan to highlight the popularity of voter ID and will use the proof of citizenship language to portray Democrats as unwilling to prevent illegal immigrants from voting. Trump has also asked that Republicans tack on language restricting transgender surgeries and transgender participation in women’s sports — two policies that Republicans successfully used as a political wedge against Democrats in the last election cycle.
Democrats, for their part, say the legislation is a ruse for voter suppression and have vowed to fight it “tooth and nail.” They’ll have limited tools as the minority party and will need to keep a constant presence on the Senate floor to prevent its passage. But there are tactics Democrats can try to use to knock Republicans off balance, and they’ve begun ramping up their countermessaging.
In a Monday floor speech, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused Republicans of “conspiring with Donald Trump to undermine democracy and disenfranchise millions of Americans.”
“Put simply, the SAVE Act is designed to make it harder to vote and easier to steal an election,” Schumer said.
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The process falls short of what the MAGA base, and the president himself, want to see. Conservatives tried and failed to convince Thune to pursue a talking filibuster, an old-school way of blockading legislation that might …
What to expect as Senate Republicans launch SAVE America Act debate
What's the endgame here?
Republicans are hoping to fix the spotlight squarely on Democrats as the Senate prepares for days of high drama over President Donald Trump’s marquee election bill.
The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday to kick off debate on the SAVE America Act, voting legislation that quickly set Republicans at odds over Trump’s demand to bulldoze the filibuster to pass it.
The bill, which requires national voter ID and proof of citizenship when registering to vote, is broadly supported by Republicans and passed the House in February with zero defections. But there is no path for it to become law unless Republicans sidestep the 60 votes needed for most legislation, something that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says there isn’t the GOP support to do.
The first vote will briefly highlight those divisions — at least one Republican, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), plans to vote “no” and two others could as well — but the debate is meant to give Republicans a common goal: forcing Democrats into days of speeches and legislative sparring over the merits of the bill.
Republicans plan to highlight the popularity of voter ID and will use the proof of citizenship language to portray Democrats as unwilling to prevent illegal immigrants from voting. Trump has also asked that Republicans tack on language restricting transgender surgeries and transgender participation in women’s sports — two policies that Republicans successfully used as a political wedge against Democrats in the last election cycle.
Democrats, for their part, say the legislation is a ruse for voter suppression and have vowed to fight it “tooth and nail.” They’ll have limited tools as the minority party and will need to keep a constant presence on the Senate floor to prevent its passage. But there are tactics Democrats can try to use to knock Republicans off balance, and they’ve begun ramping up their countermessaging.
In a Monday floor speech, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused Republicans of “conspiring with Donald Trump to undermine democracy and disenfranchise millions of Americans.”
“Put simply, the SAVE Act is designed to make it harder to vote and easier to steal an election,” Schumer said.
THUNE BECOMES MAGA’S MIDTERM ‘FALL GUY’ WITH VOTING BILL CRUSADE
The process falls short of what the MAGA base, and the president himself, want to see. Conservatives tried and failed to convince Thune to pursue a talking filibuster, an old-school way of blockading legislation that might …
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