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Four Senate Republicans joined Democrats to block an attempt to advance the SAVE America Act, a Trump-backed election measure. The SAVE America Act, championed by Donald Trump, seeks stricter voter ID requirements using documents such as passports or birth certificates.
Republican senators denounce Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner over Nazi tattoo and scandal allegations ahead of Tuesday's primary.
Senate Republicans have formally removed funding for President Donald Trump’s ballroom security as part of their sprawling immigration funding package, according to revised legislative text released Wednesday.
A procedural vote failed in the Senate early Friday, and a provision of the spy powers law is set to expire June 12.
Four Senate Republicans joined Democrats to kill the SAVE Act voter ID amendment for a second time, blocking it from the budget reconciliation package.
House passage is the last step before President Donald Trump can sign the measure into law.
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is not running for reelection, and Democrats have been increasingly bullish about their chances of flipping the seat in recent months.
The Senate is beginning a long series of votes on legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies