John Thune is stuck in between President Donald Trump’s demands and the realities of Senate math.
Thune has eight days to appease the president who wants to see the framework for a third GOP bill advance before senators break for summer recess.
But the Senate majority leader in an interview with Jordain says he doesn’t have the 50 votes needed to adopt the budget plan right now. And he’s uncertain the president would be happy with the substantially watered-down form of the election security bill — the SAVE America Act — that Trump sees as the centerpiece of the measure.
“I think the question at the end is, is that...
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