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Republican warns Trump his voting 'Hail Mary' won’t cut it
Trump’s Hostage Politics, With Your Surveillance as the RansomThe Real PowerThe story is not about congressional “dismay.” It is about power operating exactly as designed: Donald Trump wants Republicans to force the SAVE Act through, even if that means blowing up reauthorization of FISA’s Section 702 surveillance authority. That is the actual decision point. Everyone else is reacting to it.John Thune can call the plan unrealistic. Mike Johnson can count votes. Don Bacon can complain that Trump does not understand the Senate. None of that changes the basic structure: Trump is using a veto…
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