Republicans brace for Trump SAVE Act showdown [View all]

Source: msn/Axios

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Sens. Mike Lee and Rick Scott have teed up what could be a tense, confrontational lunch Wednesday with President Trump and Senate Republicans.

The two spent months pressuring Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on the SAVE America Act. Now Trump will be in the room with them.

Why it matters: Trump is fixated on passing the SAVE Act to help Republicans in the midterms. But Thune is insistent that Republicans don't have the votes.

"There are not the votes to nuke the filibuster, and there aren't going to be 10 Democrat votes to all of a sudden support the SAVE America Act," Thune told reporters on Tuesday.

SAVE would require voter ID and proof of citizenship, while imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.

Zoom in: Scott (R-Fla.) invited Trump to attend the weekly lunch put on by the conservative Senate GOP Steering Committee.

Thune laughed when asked whether Scott checked with him before extending the invite. "Well, he told me he did it," Thune told reporters.

Scott sent a letter to senators Monday outlining what he thinks the chamber's focus should be — including passing the SAVE America Act or parts of it, according to a copy Axios obtained.

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