Senate Republicans want to spend August fighting to keep their majority and training their fire on Democrats. Donald Trump might have other plans.
The GOP’s desire to move on from a monthslong intraparty squabble over Trump’s No. 1 priority comes after senators left town early Saturday without advancing any form of his election security bill. Republicans don’t have the votes to pass the SAVE America Act and punted a framework for a third party-line spending bill that includes parts of the measure rather than have a failed vote.
Whether Trump accepts that explanation is entirely unclear.
Some Republicans are prepared for the mercurial president’s yearslong obsession with the election measure...
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