President Donald Trump on Wednesday will face a Senate GOP hungry for wins ahead of pivotal midterm elections and desperate for a path forward as squabbles and the president’s own abrupt decisions derail their march to November. Trump hasn’t come to the Capitol to meet with the Senate GOP in over a year, and much has changed in the dynamic between him and Republicans in the upper chamber. He’s successfully ousted two incumbents, Sens.Bill Cassidy, R-La., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, temporarily derailed Republicans’ $70 billion immigration enforcement package, and for the time being, has thwarted a bipartisan attempt at reauthorizing the nation’s controversial spying powers. REPUBLICANS BREAK WITH TRUMP TO REBUKE IRAN WAR — BUT IT WON'T CHANGE POLICYPresident Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks at the Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations facility in Macungie, Pa., on June 23, 2026.
(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)"The question is, do we want to win the midterms?" Cornyn said."And my question is, how do we get all on the same page and get unified rather than squabbling amongst ourselves?"There are several items that could be on the docket Wednesday, including the memorandum of understanding with Iran and the next moves on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). But Trump’s main focus is expected to be the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, stalled voter ID and proof of citizenship legislation that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has time and again told the president Republicans don’t have the votes to pass."We're just going to talk about SAVE America," Trump told reporters on Tuesday.
"We have to get — we have to pass the SAVE America Act, which is voter ID, which is proof of citizenship, etc.We have to pass it.
So we're going to have to talk about that and many other things."When asked about Thune repeatedly saying Republicans have a math problem, Trump said, "You know, ...