On Tuesday, the Senate began debate over the SAVE Act, a piece of legislation backed by the president that would establish national voter ID standards.
Donald Trump's "Joe Biden moment" is here.
A procedural vote this afternoon on Capitol Hill laid bare the bill's future prospects: Every Senate Democrat was opposed, and one Republican broke ranks to join them.
Republicans are far, far away from the 60-vote threshold needed to avert a filibuster.
That puts the party in a massive bind. Trump has vowed that he'll refuse to sign legislation until the SAVE Act reaches his desk. On Tuesday, he reiterated his threat to oppose Republicans who don't support it.
His party is now in the same position in which Democrats found themselves in late 2021, when opposition from centrists in their party killed Joe Biden's signature piece of legislation, the Build Back Better Act.
Led by John Thune, Senate Republicans have rejected out of hand Trump's demand to kill the filibuster to make one of his biggest policy objectives attainable.
That divide between Senate leadership and the White House over the issue raises a simple question: What will the president do when this legislation inevitably fails on the Senate floor?
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