By UNANIMOUS consent, the Senate adjourned for recess until Monday, September 14 without passing the SAVE America Act. Nobody objected to the request, or asked for a roll call vote.

Asked Jasmine Crockett last night in St. Louis if she thinks James Talarico can turn Texas blue this fall. “I don't know,” she said. She doesn’t buy the polls, saying they’ve historically overstated Democrats’ prospects in Texas. “I watch money.” “When I look at the money, if Republicans start spending money in Texas, then I'll be convinced. But right now, national Republicans decided they wanted to dump money into North Carolina, as well as Georgia. That's where they're fighting, and national Democrats have not decided to dump money into Texas either... I look at: where does the NRSC stand? Where does DSCC stand? Right now, neither one are investing, which tells me that their internals are saying the same thing. So it looks like status quo. I won't get on the ground to really start to feel it until maybe end of September, October, as I start to dig into which races I'm going to help out in, the races that I really feel like we can win.”

New: Kentucky governor tells Mitch McConnell to prove he can serve or ‘resign’ from Senate In letters to McConnell & Thune, Andy Beshear says he needs to "verbally address the people of Kentucky" or have his health investigated—and perhaps get replaced.

I’m a broken record on this, but again: Senate Republicans oppose nuking the filibuster because they believe the 60-vote rule blocks many more liberal goals than conservative goals in the long haul. Liberals have come to the same conclusion hence they mostly favor nuking it.

NEW: John Fetterman is beginning to wonder if Democrats still want him "So, if the Democratic caucus doesn’t want me, they could just let me know," he tells me. His issues go beyond Israel. & how Rs are courting him. w/ @frankthorp @ryanobles @news_jul

• Trump says he “will not sign” the housing bill to “protest” failure of SAVE act. • He also says he won’t veto—it passed with over 90% support in both House and Senate; it becomes law tomorrow if he does nothing. • Rare affordability W that Republicans wanted to celebrate.

A Platner campaign official fires back at @MaineDems, telling NBC News: “The Platner campaign has reached out to the party to try and understand what this process would look like. At no point has the campaign tried to ‘put its finger on the scale.’ Over 150,000 Mainers voted for this movement, and over 15,000 Mainers volunteered their time and energy to it. While Graham wouldn't want to be a part of the process, he would want to make sure the voters and volunteers make this decision — not the political establishment.”

After Trump’s endorsement, Sen. Lindsey Graham says he worries the Texas Senate race will be “three times more expensive” for Republicans if Paxton is the nominee. “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the pathway for Paxton is there, but it's more uphill.”

JUST NOW: @BillCassidy says he has no regrets about voting to convict Trump in the J6 impeachment. “I actually voted to uphold the Constitution. That’s a better way to put it,” he tells reporters. “I voted to uphold the Constitution. That may have cost me my seat, but who cares? I had the privilege of voting to uphold the Constitution. Isn't that a great thing? Wouldn't all of us want to say I voted to support the Constitution on something momentous? That's what I feel about it. I'm very pleased about it.”

NEW: 7 years ago, on this day, Joe Biden predicted a Republican “epiphany” where the party abandons Trump after 2020. Many primary voters bought into it. But the prophecy failed. Now Democrats are moving on to a more combative style of politics.