Senate Drops Trump Voting Bill After 4:36 a.m. Adjournment and GOP Support Falters
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 8
Senate Drops Trump Voting Bill After 4:36 a.m. Adjournment and GOP Support Falters
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 8
Summary
At 4:36 a.m., the Senate adjourned without advancing President Donald Trump’s voting restriction bill, ending a months-long push with no concrete path to passage.
Republican leaders and the bill’s strongest backers conceded they lacked the votes for the strict voter-ID measure, despite staging a pre-dawn procedural vote on a watered-down version.
Mike Lee said Republicans did not have the “wherewithal” to pass it, while senators facing a threatened majority chose to leave Washington and return home to campaign.
The collapse came hours after Democrats blocked a related GOP voter-ID bill, underscoring that Trump’s broader election agenda faced resistance from both the minority party and insufficient support inside his own.