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The Senate eked out a summer break. But bigger fights are coming.
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Key Points:
- The Senate passed a government funding bill to avoid a shutdown, confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general, but did not advance a voter ID measure tied to the SAVE America Act.
- Key legislative priorities, including increased Pentagon funding, college athletics reform, cryptocurrency regulation, and voting restrictions, stalled amid Republican infighting.
- Senate Republicans struggled to unify ahead of the November midterms, balancing their goal to maintain power with the need to complete legislative business.
- Efforts to pass parts of the SAVE America Act through budget-related incentives failed, with a last-minute photo ID voting bill also rejected along party lines.
- Despite threats from SAVE Act supporters to block adjournment, the Senate left Washington without advancing the voting restrictions bill, leaving contentious political battles for the fall.
