Thune pours cold water on Trump push to reform filibuster for SAVE Act
Democrats could easily block the SAVE Act by voting against a cloture motion.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told GOP colleagues Tuesday that they don’t have the votes to pass a House-approved voting reform bill through the Senate by forcing Democrats to use a talking filibuster to oppose it, rejecting President Trump’s full-court press. Senate Republicans at a Tuesday lunch meeting discussed the prospect of forcing…
Democrats could easily block the SAVE Act by voting against a cloture motion.
President Trump and his allies are pushing Senate Republicans to pass an elections-related bill known as the SAVE America Act.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) must “be a leader” and take the SAVE American Act across the finish line as Senate Republicans face continued pressure from voters and the White House to pass the voter ID legislation before the midterm elections. Asked about Thune on Wednesday, Trump ...
Sen. John Cornyn urged Republicans Wednesday to consider filibuster reform to advance Trump's voter ID bill, reversing his past stance as White House urges passage.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is proposing a clamp-down on ballot harvesting, a move that could help ease tensions with the White House over his inability to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act. The majority leader said the practice was a “real problem” that needed to be addressed when asked Wednesday whether Republicans…
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, reversed himself on the Senate filibuster to pass President Trump's SAVE America Act after years of support for the 60-vote threshold.