Senate GOP balks at using reconciliation to pass SAVE Act

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is running into early resistance to passing elements of the SAVE America Act through reconciliation, a party-line budget process that will require near-unanimity among Republicans in both the House and the Senate.

On Monday evening, Trump backed off his demand that the voter ID legislation be passed alongside funding for the Department of Homeland Security, a tall order given near universal opposition from Democrats.