“Senators headed for the exits in the predawn hours Saturday, ending for now a crushing standoff over President Donald Trump’s demands that they stay in session to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill before the summer recess,” the Associated Press reports.
“While they wrapped up many key priorities in the overnight votes, advancing Trump’s SAVE America Act was not among them.”
“Instead, Republican senators who had brought the chamber to a standstill spoke to Trump late in the evening about an alternative plan: They would try again to approve elements of the voting bill as part of a broader GOP budget package to fund the Iran war and replenish the Pentagon when they return to work in September.”
Bloomberg: U.S. Senate passes spending bill that ignores Trump’s priorities.
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