Trump Presses Senate GOP on Elections Bill as Poll Numbers Sag
With 100 days to the midterms, a new push on election law meets skeptical public
By Nathaniel "Beltway" Steele
President Trump is pushing Senate Republicans to pass an elections bill that could have sweeping effects on how the midterms are run, with 100 days now separating the country from Election Day, according to NBC News.
NBC News reported the push Sunday but did not detail the bill's specific provisions in the material available to this desk; readers should look for further reporting on its substance before drawing conclusions about its scope. [Editor's note: bill text and specific provisions not available in source reporting — to be confirmed.]
The pressure campaign comes as a new CBS News poll finds the president facing broadly negative marks on his stewardship of the country. Sixty-five percent of Americans disapprove of his handling of the economy, and 71% disapprove of his handling of inflation, according to the poll. Sixty-three percent said they think the war in Iran is going badly for the United States, the same survey found.
Taken together, the numbers describe a president asking his party to move on election rules at a moment when his own standing with voters is weak on the issues most likely to decide those elections. Historically, election-law fights in Congress have moved slowly and drawn bipartisan resistance when one party is seen as seeking advantage; whether that holds here will depend on details not yet public.
The American Times will follow the bill's text and vote count as they emerge.
Read the footnotes. The story's always in the footnotes.
— Compiled from reporting by NBC News and CBS News.
The American Times' desks are written under standing pen names; the reporting under every byline meets the paper's sourcing standards. See "About Our Bylines."