President Trump is heading to the Senate this week, and he may not receive as warm a reception as he hopes. Trump, at the invitation of Florida Sen. Rick Scott, will attend the GOP's Wednesday lunch and press for his top priority, the SAVE America Act elections bill, reports Politico. But outgoing senators plan to make clear to the president that the votes for passage simply don't exist. "I'm a co-sponsor, but it doesn't have the votes, and so it's time to talk about something else," says Sen. Bill Cassidy, who lost to a Trump-backed primary opponent.
Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn, also on their way out after clashes with Trump, say they, too, will urge Trump to move on from the elections bill, which would tighten voter ID and citizenship requirements and has stalled well short of the 60 votes needed. Trump is pushing to scrap the filibuster to pass it, but that, too, lacks the necessary votes. Punchbowl News sees the lunch as an opportunity for GOP Majority Leader John Thune, who has been on the receiving end of pointed Trump criticism of late.
The meeting is the first time in a while Trump will be in the same room with the Senate GOP Conference, and it's a chance "for Thune to lean more on his colleagues—and, for once, not have to be the guy who tells Trump 'no,'" per the outlet. Cornyn, for his part, promised "to be there front and center," adding, "It will be important if it actually is a constructive exchange of different opinions, and hopefully we can all get on the same page. Right now, we're not in a great place."
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