Donald Trump and his congressional allies are facing mounting challenges. Trump plans to urge Republican Senators on Wednesday to dismantle the filibuster in order to pass his controversial election-related legislation, the SAVE America Act.
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On Tuesday, Senate Republicans reiterated that the SAVE America Act is unlikely to advance and suggested Trump should move past it.
Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) — who are departing the Senate partly because of Trump — announced they would attend the closed-door meeting. They urged Trump to shift focus away from the SAVE America Act.
“I’m a co-sponsor, but it doesn’t have the votes, and so it’s time to talk about something else,” said Cassidy, who also lost to a Trump-endorsed primary opponent.
The SAVE America Act lacks sufficient support. It requires 60 votes to pass, but only 48 Republicans are in favor. Even if Republicans eliminated the filibuster, there still wouldn’t be enough backing to approve Trump’s election bill.
This situation has not deterred Trump’s allies in the House from pushing the Senate to alter its rules in favor of passing a bill for which there is minimal interest.
