House Republicans threaten to oppose Senate bills until SAVE America Act passes

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DC Bureau: SAVE Act Push

DC Bureau: SAVE Act Push

House Republicans are threatening to oppose all Senate-passed legislation until the upper chamber advances the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, a GOP-backed voting requirements bill.

“I’ll be voting ‘no’ on all Senate bills – other than DHS funding – until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act,” Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) wrote Friday on the social platform X.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) also wrote on X that, “The Senate will no longer have legislation passed until the SAVE America Act is passed and on the President’s desk.”

The SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in elections and the presentation of an ID to cast a ballot, is expected to come to the Senate floor next week for a procedural vote. 

However, it would require some Democratic support to overcome a filibuster, posing a challenge for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). 

Thune has been facing pressure from President Trump and House Republicans to sidestep Democratic opposition through the use of a “talking filibuster,” which would force Democrats to speak continuously on the Senate floor to delay the bill. Once they cede the floor, Republicans could pass the measure with 51 votes. 

But Thune has previously said a talking filibuster is “much more complicated and risky than people are assuming at the moment,” and has opted to advance the bill through regular order.

Trump said at the House Republican retreat in Doral, Fla., earlier this week that he won’t sign any other legislation until the SAVE America Act passes the Senate.

“The people are demanding it,” Trump told Republicans. “Every time I go out, save America, save America. We want the SAVE America Act. That’s all they talk about. They don’t talk about housing. They don’t talk about anything. That’s what they talk about. And if you send it up there, you will win the midterms and you will win every election for a long time.”

House Republicans, meanwhile, have been pressuring Thune to get the bill passed. 

“I am not voting for Senate Bills unless they have 80%+ approval from Americans until the SAVE America Act is passed. I am done with this buffoonery,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) wrote on X Monday.

Reps. Randy Fine (R-Fla.), Keith Self (R-Texas) and Mark Harris (R-N.C.) wrote in a Fox News op-ed piece published Wednesday that they are “prepared to vote no on any Senate legislation until the upper chamber stops dragging its feet and passes the SAVE America Act.”

“While Americans demand real action to secure our elections, Senate Republicans are twiddling their thumbs on feel-good fluff that would make a circus clown blush. In the past month alone, they’ve found time to pass a resolution celebrating a Mardi Gras dog parade in the Senate. The Republican majority can and must do better,” they wrote. 

Thune said in remarks on the Senate floor Thursday that he “can’t guarantee an outcome on this legislation. But I can guarantee that we are going to put Democrats on the record.”

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