US EditionGOP Lawmakers Urge Thune to Tweak Filibuster Rules to Pass Voter ID Bill
Senate Republicans explore a filibuster tactic to advance the SAVE Act, a voter ID bill with 49 Senate co-sponsors requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
- Senate Republicans are discussing restructuring filibuster rules to advance the House-passed SAVE Act, and John Thune, Senate Majority Leader, said Tuesday he will consult the Republican conference and plans to schedule a vote but has not set a date.
- After roughly 300 days without movement, more than 30 House Republicans demanded a Senate vote while Senate Democrats vowed to block the bill, with Chuck Schumer calling it "dead on arrival" on Monday.
- The SAVE Act would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register, has 49 Senate co-sponsors, and Sen. Mike Lee presses to revive a `talking filibuster` against the modern `Zombie Filibuster`.
- Procedurally, the immediate consequence is that if filibuster rules are not changed, the SAVE Act will almost certainly fail in the Senate where Republicans have up to 53 votes, Thune warned about a `talking filibuster` and its ramifications.
- Altering filibuster norms could change precedent since Cloture, available in 1917, underpins the Senate's supermajority practice; critics say the bill would hinder registration for veterans, the disabled, minorities and women who change their last names.
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GOP lawmakers urge Thune to tweak filibuster rules to pass voter ID bill
(The Center Square) – Dozens of Republicans are demanding that the U.S. Senate take up House-passed legislation implementing election security reforms – and they’re willing to restructure filibuster rules to ensure it succeeds.
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Thune denies Anna Paulina Luna deal to scrap filibuster for voter ID
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) denied promising that Senate Republicans would weaken the filibuster to pass the SAVE Act, telling the Washington Examiner on Tuesday that he only agreed to speak with the rest of his conference about it. “We haven’t made any commitments,” Thune said, rebuffing suggestions from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) that he was prepared to embrace the “talking filibuster,” which allows a simple majority vote after…
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