Trump pushes Senate to delay August break for voting bill
What's next: Republicans still lack the 60 votes to advance the SAVE America Act, and Thune has resisted changing filibuster rules.
President Donald Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to keep the Senate in session through August until it passes the SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship voting measure that Republicans have struggled to move. Trump also renewed calls to scrap the filibuster or find another path around the Senate's 60-vote threshold. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, and Thune has said they do not have enough support to pass the bill or change chamber rules. The dispute threatens to disrupt the Senate's final work period before the Aug. 7 recess, when leaders had planned to focus on government funding, cryptocurrency legislation and sanctions on Russia ahead of the midterm campaign season.