Trump hopes to impose a 'marathon talking filibuster' requirement to wear down Democratic opposition to the SAVE Act. | Credit: Illustration by Stephen Kelly / President Donald Trump’s top domestic priority is the SAVE America Act,

Cornyn’s change of heart comes amid a grueling primary battle with Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said he'd consider dropping out if Republicans scrapped the filibuster to pass a voter ID law.

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Thursday criticized Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for backing a change to the filibuster rules to pass a GOP-backed voting reform bill. In a lengthy post on the social platform X,

Trump has said he won’t sign any other legislation until the bill — known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility or SAVE America Act — is passed. But it faces unified opposition from Democrats, meaning that the Senate can’t pass it unless Republicans change the rules and eliminate the filibuster.

Senate Republicans have for weeks been debating the use of the “talking filibuster” to guarantee the passage of the SAVE America Act in the upper chamber, after President Donald Trump called the legislation his “No.

Trump is ramping up pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action known as the “nuclear option.”

Republicans push to alter Senate filibuster rules to pass Trump's SAVE Act requiring citizenship proof for voting, despite significant procedural hurdles.