Five Senate Republicans Block SAVE Act Again, Sinking Bid to Add It to $70 Billion Border Bill
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Five Senate Republicans Block SAVE Act Again, Sinking Bid to Add It to $70 Billion Border Bill
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Summary
$70 billion in GOP immigration funding moved ahead without the SAVE America Act after five Senate Republicans joined all Democrats to defeat Lindsey Graham’s amendment Thursday night.
60 votes were required because Republicans tried to attach the voter ID and election measure to a budget reconciliation package funding ICE and Border Patrol, and the amendment again fell short.
The repeat defeat — just over a month after a similar bipartisan rejection — underscored how little path the bill has in the Senate despite backing from Trump and Majority Leader John Thune.
Lindsey Graham framed Democratic opposition as enabling election cheating, while Alex Padilla said existing safeguards already bar noncitizen voting and accused Republicans of trying to take over elections.