Trump to Attend Wednesday Senate Lunch to Discuss Embattled Election Integrity Measure

President Donald Trump will discuss the SAVE America Act with senators at Wednesday’s closed-door luncheon, at the invite of Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott.

“He wants, we all want to get the SAVE America Act done,” Scott told Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday. “I’ve invited him to lunch on Wednesday to meet with Republican senators.”

The SAVE America Act would mandate photo identification and proof of citizenship in federal elections, terminate vote by-mail, and require local governments to regularly purge their voter rolls. It would also ban men from women’s sports and prohibit transgender procedures for children.

Scott said the Senate can begin passing the package piecemeal.

“Let’s do a vote just on voter ID,” he said. “Let’s do a vote on just, you have to be American to vote, maybe just to share voter rolls. We’ve got to get this done.”

Scott said the Senate needs to stay in session to pass the package as quickly as possible.

“We all need to figure out how to come together,” he said. “If we have to stay in D.C. to get it done, let’s stay in D.C. to get this done. This is important. Secure these elections.”

Scott wants senators to strategize with the president about passing the bill despite tight margins. Though the act is a top White House priority, four Senate Republicans recently joined Democrats to keep the voter ID provision out of a reconciliation package.

As a result, Congress’ only remaining option to pass the bill may be to terminate the filibuster, to which Senate Majority Leader John Thune has repeatedly expressed opposition.

“Let’s talk about how we get it done. What can he do? What can we do? But we’ve got to get the SAVE America Act passed,” he said.

Last week, Trump demanded that the bill be attached to an extension of a spy powers provision, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

“I think the president wants to add SAVE America to pretty much everything,” Thune told reporters. “But that, obviously, is not realistic to get the FISA bill done. And we want to get the FISA bill done.”