Ralph Norman Blasts 5-Week Senate Recess as SAVE Act Stalls Before Aug. 25 Runoff
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 19
Ralph Norman Blasts 5-Week Senate Recess as SAVE Act Stalls Before Aug. 25 Runoff
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 19
Summary
Five weeks off for the Senate drew Ralph Norman’s sharpest criticism, with the South Carolina Republican calling the Aug. 8-Sept. 14 recess a "slap in the face" while conservative priorities remain unresolved.
The stalled priority he highlighted was the SAVE America Act, a House-passed bill requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration that has failed to clear the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold.
Norman tied that complaint to his Senate campaign, saying he would push President Donald Trump’s America First agenda and even eliminate the filibuster, though he stopped short of urging Majority Leader John Thune’s removal.
The attack comes as Norman faces an Aug. 25 Republican runoff against Darline Graham, whom Trump endorsed after she and Norman advanced from the Aug. 11 special primary to succeed the late Lindsey Graham.