The Senate on Thursday evening rejected the SAVE America Act as part of the reconciliation package.
Four Republicans voted to reject the Graham Amendment: Murkowski, McConnell, Tillis, and Collins.
The amendment needed 60 votes to pass, but this voted showed that the Republicans likely wouldn’t pass the SAVE America Act if the filibuster was nuked.
Thursday’s vote on the SAVE America Act is part of the Senate’s vote-a-rama.
It’s official. The SAVE America Act is still stalled in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and others have previously floated passing the SAVE America Act through reconciliation which only requires 51 votes.
This requires approval from the Senate Parliamentarian and she would immediately slash the SAVE America Act from the reconciliation package because it is not a budgetary item.
The only option is to nuke the filibuster and pass bills with 51 votes in the Senate.
However, Thursday’s vote showed that the Senate Republicans still don’t have the votes to pass with a simple majority.
President Trump has repeatedly called on the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act.
“Requirement for Voter I.D. to vote should be something that NO American should oppose. If you want to register to vote in the United States, you have to be a citizen in the United States,” the White House previously said in a statement.
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