'You don't have to take a fast vote, don't worry about Easter and going home'
Senate talks aimed at ending the 38-day DHS shutdown hit a new roadblock after President Trump called on Republicans to hold out for passage of the SAVE America Act.
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE America Act) is a poorly-crafted and undemocratic piece of legislation that would not solve a non-existent problem of voter fraud, but instead would disenfranchise millions of voters, including Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is running into early resistance to passing elements of the SAVE America Act through reconciliation, a party-line budget process that will require near-unanimity among Republicans in both the House and the Senate. On Monday evening, Trump backed off his demand that the voter ID legislation be passed alongside funding…
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