Benching the federal voter ID and election bill, a procedural move that removed the proposal from official pending business, was required to advance the GOP’s $70 billion plan last week to end-run Democrats and advance a three-year funding framework for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
But with no commitment to return to the SAVE Act, its state of limbo is what GOP proponents and skeptics alike say is the result of calculated maneuvering by Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and his deputies to satisfy clashing factions. Vulnerable members are insulated from casting a difficult vote to alter the filibuster and approve the House-passed measure, yet Republicans still used more than a month of floor debate ahead of the midterm elections to spotlight a component of President Donald Trump’s agenda that invigorates conservative members and the party’s voting base.
“I think that was by design. But putting it on the floor was
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