Chris Bowers, Bowers News Media - Under current Senate rules, legislation not passed through the reconciliation process (the SAVE Act is not eligible to be passed through reconciliation) is subject to the 60-vote cloture rule commonly known as the filibuster. Republicans only have 53 votes in the Senate, and only one Democrat is even considering supporting it. Plus, there are actually some Republicans who oppose it, such as Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell. While Senate rules could be changed with a simple 51-vote majority, Republicans are nowhere close to achieving that, according to Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
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