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The president has a working formula for Senate Republicans who slow him down: persuade the ones he can, ignore the ones he must, bully the rest.
With one week before the August recess, the formula is producing drama far faster than it is producing votes on the legislation he actually wants.
The mechanics of each approach White House deputies arrived at the Senate Republican lunch on Wednesday to argue in person for a third reconciliation bill that would include elements of the SAVE Act.
Chief of Staff Susie Wiles followed them in for a separate huddle with GOP leaders.
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