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DAVID MARCUS: Senate GOP should take Fetterman's deal on voter ID

Pennsylvania senator's clean bill strips away Democratic excuses as SAVE America Act stalls in Senate

By David Marcus Fox News

Published March 18, 2026 10:17am EDT

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Over the next several days, perhaps even stretching into next week, the United States Senate, that grave and august deliberative body, will performatively waste time with impassioned speeches over the SAVE America Act, which they all know will never pass.

There may, however, be an off ramp to this Mobius loop of legislative futility: A proposal from Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., would have the upper body vote on a clean, simple, voter ID bill, without provisions regarding mail-in ballots or citizenship.

Sen. John Fetterman says he'll vote for a "clean" voter ID bill. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Make no mistake, President Donald Trump is correct that all the provisions of the SAVE America Act, including one banning men from women’s sports have broad popular support, and are of vital importance. But if the bill cannot pass, then so what?

The reason the act........

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