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GOP luncheon turns nasty as Republican senators 'pile on' Mike Lee over voter ID: report
The Real Power Is in the GatekeepingThe Fight Inside the RoomRepublican senators reportedly spent a closed-door lunch attacking Mike Lee for trying to keep the Senate in session until a voter ID bill passes. John Cornyn and John Kennedy led the pile-on. The immediate story is party infighting. The real story is that the party is openly debating how hard to press a voting restriction while pretending the drama is about strategy.Who Actually Controls the OutcomeThe institutional power sits with the Senate itself, its 60-vote filibuster threshold, and the Republican leadership that decides…
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