Mike Lee Pushes SAVE America Act After Trump Cites Final Hours Talk With Graham
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 14
Mike Lee Pushes SAVE America Act After Trump Cites Final Hours Talk With Graham
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 14
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Mike Lee said after a Monday Oval Office meeting with Trump that Republicans should pass the SAVE America Act because the bill was on Lindsey Graham’s mind “just moments before he died.”
Trump had said Sunday that he discussed the elections bill with Graham hours before his death, prompting Lee and Sen. Josh Hawley to renew support for legislation Graham backed but did not lead.
Many Senate Republicans are instead rallying around a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill Graham had championed and won White House support for in his final days.
That split has turned Graham’s legacy into a fight over which of his causes should move first, with the sanctions measure seen by many senators as the more natural tribute.