Senate Republicans have secured the needed votes to pass the SAVE Act after Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) confirmed that she would sign on as a co-sponsor of the bill late Friday afternoon.
With that, Republicans have reached 50 votes, with Vice President JD Vance serving as the tie-breaking 51st vote to pass the bill. The ordeal is not yet over, however. Republican leadership would still need to bring the bill forward, voting Democrats to utilize a “standing” filibuster rather than the more typical “silent” filibuster used when a measure has fewer than the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture.
I will believe it when I see it pass. Never underestimate the ability of republicans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.