Thune did not force reconciliation to pass the voter ID with 50 votes plus JD Vance. I think his strategy makes sense since this will force democrats to filibuster and expose them as being out of touch with voters. Even democrat voters favor voter ID at 70%+. Thune will vote yes after democrats can talk no more with filibuster.
Yesterday Thune said they “didn’t have time to do a talking filibuster”.