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Trump Comes to Terms With the Fact That the Entire SAVE Act Can’t Be Stuffed in Budget BillΒ 

President Donald Trump posted on his favorite social media platform Monday morning, seemingly acknowledging that the entire SAVE America Act β€” the voter suppression bill he and his MAGA allies have been pushing Congress to pass β€” will not be in the third budget reconciliation bill Republicans are hoping to pass.

The Outrageous House Republican Move to Enact Trump’s Vote Suppression Proposals By the Backdoor of Budget Reconciliation

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.

House Republicans will bring forward this week a surprising and dangerous form of the voting restriction proposals that President Trump has been relentlessly pressuring Congress to pass for months. That act may well discourage or exclude millions of voters via draconian requirements for presenting proof-of-citizenship when registering, showing rigorous voter ID at the polls, or even purging voter rolls. Previously, Trump has pushed these notorious proposals under the guise of β€œelection integrity,” termed the β€œSAVE America Act,” repeatedly and loudly, and they have even passed the House. But the proposals have failed in the Senate, for lack of the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster, thanks to unyielding Democratic resistance and an assistΒ  from some Senate Republicans. Trump has askedΒ  Senate Republican leadership to abolish the filibuster in order to get the legislation through, and even to fire the universally-respected Senate Parliamentarian, and has been repeatedly refused. It seemed dead. His threat is back, disguised in a new form.

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