Republicans are planning to use a vote over photo identification at the ballot box as fuel for political attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterms.
The Senate voted 53-47 Thursday afternoon and failed to advance a GOP amendment to their sweeping election bill that would require Americans to present photo ID when voting. The party-line vote comes in the midst of debate that has dragged on for more than a week over the President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority: the partisan SAVE America Act.
“What I’ve tried to do is get our folks back on offense, talking about the policy ...