Thune says Senate to consider voting bill but pushes back on demands for talking filibuster
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- Senate Majority Leader John Thune says that the Senate will consider a bill to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements in elections.
- But he says “the votes aren’t there’ to pass it through a marathon talking filibuster sought by President Donald Trump.
- Thune said that Republicans are “going to have a fight on the floor” and will force Democrats to vote on “whether they think noncitizens should vote in American elections” Trump has made the SAVE America Act a priority ahead of the midterm elections.
WASHINGTON Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that the Senate will consider a bill to impose strict new proofofcitizenship requirements in elections, but says the votes arent there to pass [+5540 chars]
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