Republican senators are gearing up for a marathon debate over a bill that would amp up ID and proof of citizenship requirements to cast ballots around the country.
The legislation, known as the SAVE America Act, doesn’t have the votes to pass the Senate. But it’s President Donald Trump’s top priority — he has promised not to sign any other legislation until it passes. And he and other supporters of the bill are pushing other Republicans to consider the unpalatable option of blowing up Senate rules to do it.
“I think [Trump] understands that we need to put in an aggressive effort here,” Sen. Mike Lee, the Senate’s main driver of passing the bill. “I think the extent of his satisfaction with the process will depend on how, whether, in his view, we gave it everything we had.”