Donald Trump
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Sometimes presidential visits to Capitol Hill are routine appearances. Then again, President Donald Trump descending on lawmakers for the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon on St. Patrick’s Day, the same day the Senate is expected to begin its not-talking-filibuster procedural gymnastics to consider passing the SAVE America Act, is a timely coincidence, BGOV’s Mica Soellner and Lillianna Byington report.
Trump made it clear he wants the voting legislation to land on his desk before the midterms. His insistence that Republicans in the House and Senate pass the federal election rules changes ahead of November contests that could spell ...