Senate Republicans Doubt Trump Can Pass SAVE Act in 3rd Reconciliation Package
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Senate Republicans Doubt Trump Can Pass SAVE Act in 3rd Reconciliation Package
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Summary
Senate Republicans said Trump’s push to fold the SAVE America Act into a third reconciliation bill is unlikely to succeed, with John Thune saying flatly, “we don’t have the vote.”
60 votes would be needed to pass the voter ID and citizenship-verification bill through regular Senate procedure, and GOP leaders said there is nowhere near enough support to overcome a Democratic filibuster.
Reconciliation offers only a simple-majority path, but the Byrd Rule bars non-budgetary policy; Mike Lee said the SAVE Act itself is ineligible, though backers are exploring narrower budget-linked alternatives.
Three attempts to attach versions of the bill to the latest reconciliation package already failed, and senators including John Kennedy, John Cornyn and Lee said time before the midterms makes a third package doubtful.