GOP rift grows as Thune hits brakes on Trump's election bill to avert shutdown

The wheels are in motion for Republicans to take another swing at President Donald Trump’s top election priority, but in the Senate, the main focus is keeping the government open. House Republicans advanced their framework for another party-line budget reconciliation package that, among other funding priorities, includes a rough sketch to find a way to pass part of the SAVE America Act in the Senate. But Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is prioritizing another issue: preventing Senate