Overview
- Speaking to House Republicans at his Doral resort, the president said no other legislation will be signed until the SAVE America Act reaches his desk.
- He is pushing to expand the House-passed bill to ban most mail voting and to add measures restricting transgender medical care for minors and participation in women’s sports.
- Democrats, with Chuck Schumer calling the plan “Jim Crow 2.0,” vowed to withhold the votes needed to advance the bill in the Senate.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune cautioned that a talking filibuster is unlikely and could consume weeks, while some conservatives urge trying it anyway.
- Under the Constitution, bills not signed or vetoed can become law after 10 days when Congress is in session, which limits the leverage of a refusal to sign.