Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) appeared inclined Monday to rebuff President Donald Trump’s demand to cancel the upcoming August recess and continue trying to pass the GOP’s SAVE America Act in the latest escalation over the stalled proposal.

Thune suggested the endeavor to advance the party’s House-passed voter ID and elections bill is futile after previous failed votes and in the face of persistent opposition among several Senate Republicans, not to mention the inability to break a filibuster or nuke the 60-vote threshold.