Four Senate Republicans joined every Democrat on the floor early Thursday morning to sink a last-ditch effort to attach the SAVE America Act to the party’s sweeping immigration enforcement bill, dealing a sharp setback to a voter-integrity measure that President Donald Trump has made a personal priority.
The amendment, pushed by Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, failed 48-to-50 during a marathon “vote-a-rama” tied to the GOP’s reconciliation package. Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky broke ranks to oppose it, Fox News Digital reported.
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