President Donald Trump is intent on forcing an August breakthrough on his No. 1 Capitol Hill priority. John Thune has the unenviable task of trying to bring him back to reality.
Fixated on the GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act, Trump is ramping up pressure on the Senate majority leader and fellow GOP senators. He’s now going after one of Congress’ most sacrosanct elements of the congressional calendar — the August recess — to try to force Republicans’ hands.
But Trump’s demand to keep lawmakers in town, delivered in a Monday morning Truth Social post, immediately won a skeptical reception from Thune and other senators who argued...
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