The SAVE America Act has stalled in the Senate after three days of debate. Democrats are filibustering the election overhaul bill, and Republicans lack the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture and bring it to a final vote. Frustrated conservatives have urged Majority Leader John Thune, R-SD, to employ a talking filibuster — requiring Democrats to physically hold the floor to sustain their obstruction. But Thune has pushed back, arguing the tactic is "much more complicated and risky than people are assuming." The majority leader instead opted to call up the bill for "an extended debate."
Yet the path to a final vote exists — if Republicans are willing to use it. Senate rules allow the majority to force a talking filibuster while limiting the procedural costs of doing so. Here is how that strategy would work.
