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.
The president has yet to make an endorsement in the contest between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton as he tries to push the Senate to pass a bill requiring voters to show identification at the polls.
President Trump and his allies are pushing Senate Republicans to pass an elections-related bill known as the SAVE America Act.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is in the middle of a heated GOP runoff race, threw his support behind changing the Senate filibuster rule to advance the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. “After careful consideration, I support whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary for us to get the SAVE America…
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is calling on President Donald Trump to hold off on issuing new Senate endorsements until the chamber passes the SAVE America Act. “POTUS should hold all Senate endorsements until they get off their 🍑 and pass voter ID,” she wrote on X. “No SHOW VOTES. TALKING FILIBUSTER @LeaderJohnThune” Luna is…
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.
For decades, Sen. John Cornyn was one of the Senate's staunchest defenders of the legislative filibuster. Now, he is officially walking away from it.
