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Trump Forced to Call in Reinforcements to Fix SAVE Act Disaster

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The White House’s “Ice Maiden” has gotten involved to salvage Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill Wednesday to implore top Senate Republicans to pass the wildly unpopular voter restriction bill ahead of the midterm elections. “This was her attempt to say to [Senate Majority Leader John] Thune and [Senate GOP Whip John] Barrasso [that] ‘A lot is stalled in the Senate. SAVE/reconciliation.. nominations.. what can we do?” a person familiar with the discussion told Politico via text Thursday. Wiles was also interested in discussing efforts to end the filibuster, a Trump priority that the upper chamber has repeatedly rebuked. The stalled succession of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was not mentioned, multiple sources told Politico. The discussions were “candid” but not immediately productive, according to the unidentified source. “Thune basically said: I want to move the president’s agenda whenever it has the votes,” they

First report: Susie Wiles makes surprise Capitol Hill cameo amid 'brewing tensions' between insiders — rawstory.com, 11d