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SAVE ACT: Once Senators return from their long weekend Leader Thune will hold a performative vote that he knows that won't pass. Instead of forcing Democrats to actually filibuster or change the cloture rules he's going to be able to pretend like he has actually done his job. Democrats will be able to claim (correctly) that they didn't vote against the Save America Act but instead voted against closing debate. Republicans will be able to claim they voted for the act while actually voting to close debate on the act. Both sides get to claim they did something that never happened - the act was never given an up or down vote itself. Instead the senate will have just argued about procedural nonsense. Also, this performative vote will take time, time that could have been spent restoring pay for the thousands of federal workers who haven't been paid in a month.