Overview
- Sen. John Cornyn said in a new op-ed he now supports reducing the 60-vote threshold to a simple majority to pass the SAVE America Act.
- Cornyn rejected suggestions he changed his stance to please the president, telling an NBC News reporter, “That’s not true.”
- The president has urged scrapping the filibuster and told NBC News he will withhold a Texas Senate endorsement until the SAVE Act becomes law.
- Former Sen. Joe Manchin called Cornyn’s shift “deeply disappointing,” and Democrats, including Sen. Chuck Schumer, warned the bill could disenfranchise voters.
- The SAVE Act would require proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote, a move voting-rights groups say could affect millions, citing Brennan Center findings that many lack citizenship documents.