John Thune Responds To Trump’s Demand He Keep Senate Open To Pass SAVE America Act
‘Republicans are not getting rid of the legislative filibuster’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune dismissed the idea Monday of canceling the chamber’s August recess to pass the Safeguard America Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. President Donald…
‘Republicans are not getting rid of the legislative filibuster’
'If the end game is we actually get an outcome or a result, we could stay here till Christmas'
President Trump on Monday called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to keep the upper chamber in session until it passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act or eliminates the filibuster. “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far…
Trump demands John Thune cancel Senate recess until the SAVE America Act passes, renewing his call to terminate the filibuster for GOP priorities.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune issued a reality check to President Donald Trump on Monday, as the president continues to demand that senators rewrite their own rules.Trump has been demanding several changes to force his agenda through, including the elimination of the legislative filibuster, which has been a consistent obstacle to his SAVE America Act…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune just dumped cold water all over President Donald Trump’s latest demands to pass his SAVE America Act.“If somebody can show me how we get an outcome, how we get a result, how we get an answer to this, I’m all for it,” Thune told reporters Monday afternoon. “But if we are going to be sitting here in endless quorum calls, I…