By Nathaniel "Beltway" Steele
The Senate adjourned for its summer recess without acting on President Trump's voting restrictions bill, confirming what aides and vote-counters had been signaling for weeks: Republicans did not have the votes.
The measure, which the president had made a top legislative priority, stalled amid resistance from within his own party as well as unified Democratic opposition, according to reporting by The New York Times. No floor vote was held before senators left Washington.
The bill's collapse leaves the administration's push to reshape voting rules unresolved heading into the fall, with no clear timeline for when — or whether — leadership will bring it back up. The Times reported the outcome as a quiet but significant defeat, arriving without the drama of a failed floor vote, simply through the calendar running out.
What happens next is an open question. Congress returns to a crowded fall agenda, and it is not yet clear whether GOP leaders will attempt to revive the bill, seek a narrower compromise, or let it die. [Further reporting needed on whether a revised version will be introduced in the fall session.]
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— Compiled from reporting by The New York Times.
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