Senate Republicans departed Washington for a six-week August recess without passing the SAVE America Act, leaving Trump's top election integrity priority in limbo even as the midterm calendar shrinks. After a grueling session that stretched into early Saturday morning, the Senate adjourned with the voter integrity bill still stuck below the 60-vote threshold needed to […] The post Senate leaves town without passing SAVE America Act, punting voter integrity fight to September appeared first on American Almanac .
Senate Republicans departed Washington for a six-week August recess without passing the SAVE America Act, leaving Trump's top election integrity priority in limbo even as the midterm calendar shrinks. After a grueling session that stretched into early Saturday morning, the Senate adjourned with the voter integrity bill still stuck below the 60-vote threshold needed to clear the filibuster. Senators Mike Lee of Utah, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, and Rick Scott of Florida huddled in Majority Leader John Thune's office after speaking directly with President Trump, who intervened to pause a vote on Johnson's $150 billion budget blueprint over concerns it would fail on the floor. The three senators emerged with a new plan: fold elements of the…Open
Senate Majority Leader John Thune repeated to White House officials in private what he's been saying in public for weeks: We don't have the votes . Why it matters: President Trump isn't buying it — and he's questioning whether Thune is the man for the job. - "Well, we're gonna find out," Trump said Wednesday. "I'll let you know." - Asked Wednesday evening about Trump saying the votes were gettable, Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters, "That must be a different form of math." Driving the news: Hours earlier, two of Trump's top aides met with Senate Republicans at their weekly lunch to press them to pass a three-part budget reconciliation bill before leaving town, Axios scooped earlier Wednesday . - The goal is to move a House budget…
President Trump’s demands that the Senate cancel its August recess to debate the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act and advance a budget reconciliation package to fund the Iran war have thrown Senate Republicans into disarray. GOP senators are divided over whether to cut short the five-week break, which would take vulnerable Republican incumbent [...]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted Wednesday that Republicans cannot muster the 50 votes needed to advance President Trump's budget resolution, a concession that stalls the GOP agenda just days before a five-week recess. Thune's blunt assessment landed hours after Trump took to Truth Social to demand action, calling on the Senate to adopt the […] The post Senate Republicans fall short on votes for Trump's budget resolution as August recess looms appeared first on American Almanac .
Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted Wednesday that Republicans cannot muster the 50 votes needed to advance President Trump's budget resolution, a concession that stalls the GOP agenda just days before a five-week recess. Thune's blunt assessment landed hours after Trump took to Truth Social to demand action, calling on the Senate to adopt the House-approved budget framework before lawmakers leave Washington. The South Dakota Republican did not sugarcoat the math. "Right now, we don't have 50," Thune told reporters . The budget resolution would unlock the reconciliation process, letting Republicans push an emergency spending package through the chamber on a simple majority vote, bypassing the 60-vote filibuster threshold that has…Open
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is holding up the House Republican budget framework until the Senate passes a continuing resolution, a move that sidelines President Trump's top election integrity bill and has opened a visible fault line inside the GOP majority. The House passed a continuing resolution earlier in the week and advanced a budget […] The post Thune stalls Trump's SAVE America Act to focus on government funding, drawing fire from fellow Republicans appeared first on American Almanac .
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is holding up the House Republican budget framework until the Senate passes a continuing resolution, a move that sidelines President Trump's top election integrity bill and has opened a visible fault line inside the GOP majority. The House passed a continuing resolution earlier in the week and advanced a budget reconciliation framework that includes a path for the SAVE America Act, the bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. But Thune told Fox News Digital he cannot move both at once, and government funding comes first. His reasoning is straightforward: the Senate needs 60 votes to pass a standalone continuing resolution, which means cutting a deal with Democrats.…Open
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced on Tuesday that Senate Republicans will “hold” any budget reconciliation framework passed by the House to use as a potential back-up plan to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September. Thune told reporters that Senate Republicans will not act immediately on any budget resolution passed by the House in case they need to use the budget reconciliation vehicle to pass a government funding stopgap in September. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5981597-senate-republicans-hold-house-budget-resolution/ #Senate #Republicans #GOP #Trump #SaveAmericaAct #Thune #Congress
Johnson, who will take over as chair of the Senate Budget Committee following Sen. Lindsey Graham's death, will inherit the management of the budget reconciliation process that Republicans intended to use to avoid Democratic opposition to their newest legislative proposals.
House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a budget framework for a roughly $95 billion reconciliation package that would provide funding for defense, farm aid and state efforts to implement voter ID requirements in elections. The resolution marks the opening salvo in Republicans’ effort to use the budget reconciliation process one final time to advance key GOP priorities while they still control both chambers of Congress and the White House. Because reconciliation bills can pass the Senate with a simple majority, the process would allow Republicans to sidestep a Democratic filibuster. Read More: #congress #trump #mikejohnson #politics #iran
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is aiming to push the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act through a third budget reconciliation bill. Johnson’s remarks came shortly after President Trump canceled a signing ceremony for a sweeping bipartisan housing package, saying he won’t sign the legislation until the Senate passes the voter [...]
Planned Parenthood is set to regain access to federal Medicaid funding after a one-year Republican-led funding ban expires without renewal.
Planned Parenthood is set to regain access to federal Medicaid funding after a one-year Republican-led funding ban expires without renewal. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Planned Parenthood is expected to regain federal Medicaid funding after a Republican-led funding ban, enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act budget reconciliation bill, expires. The one-year ban, which blocked Medicaid reimbursements to organizations that abort babies even for non-abortion “services,” was a significant victory for conservatives but appears to lack the votes for an extension. DETAIL: President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act prevented Medicaid reimbursements to organizations like Planned Parenthood, which lost $832 million in…Open
