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Pedro Camacho

Four Senate Republicans Block SAVE Act in Latest Split With Trump as Fellow GOP Senator Says They 'Betrayed Their Constituents'

U.S. President Donald Trump (Credit: Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republican senators joined Democrats on Thursday to block another effort to advance President Donald Trump's voter ID and election overhaul legislation, marking the latest instance this week in which GOP lawmakers have broken with a major White House-backed initiative.

Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell and Thom Tillis voted with Democrats to prevent the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act from being attached to a nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package.

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