By: David Sivak | Washington Examiner
Senate Republicans are planning a marathon debate on President Donald Trump’s marquee elections bill, a move designed to ease tensions with the MAGA Right after Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) ruled out a talking filibuster.
Thune’s staff has been gaming out days of floor debate that are likely to begin next Monday or Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. Also involved are the White House legislative affairs office and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), the lead co-sponsor of the legislation, dubbed the SAVE America Act.
The contours of that process are still coming together, with Thune first announcing the strategy to his conference on Tuesday, but the overall goal is to replicate a talking filibuster, a way to skirt the usual 60-vote threshold.
The strategy falls short of Lee’s request, amplified by Trump and outside activists, that Thune implement a genuine talking filibuster, which only requires 50 votes, and send the bill to the president’s desk. Thune announced earlier this week that he lacked the GOP support to go that route, sparking new rounds of criticism from the Right.
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