Republicans fear Trump will use the SAVE Act to blame them if they lose the election

The president has refused to sign a housing bill, bewildering Republicans. “He’s a bully ... and there’s nothing anyone can do about it,” one GOP senator said.

WASHINGTON — Resentment is building in Republican circles over President Donald Trump’s quixotic effort to pass a bill that would rewrite the nation’s election laws, along with a fear that he will use the measure’s defeat as a pretext to blame GOP lawmakers if the party loses seats in the midterm elections.

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