Senate Rejects SAVE America Act After Four Republicans Join Democrats
Four Senate Republicans joined Democrats to defeat the measure, which would have imposed new national voting restrictions and required citizenship documents.
- The Senate rejected the SAVE America Act on Thursday, blocking President Trump's Republican election overhaul during a vote on an immigration funding package.
- Trump championed the SAVE America Act as his top legislative priority, saying it "supersedes everything else," after the House passed a version in February on a near party-line vote.
- The legislation would have required proof of citizenship and photo identification to vote; Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck argued the solution is "much, much worse than the disease."
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledged he must be a "clear-eyed realist about what we can achieve here," signaling Republicans lacked sufficient votes despite Trump's pressure.
- University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller noted the proposal would have been "among the most significant nationalization of elections in American history," potentially easing Democrats' path to similar legislation.
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U.S. Senate blocks Trump’s SAVE America Act, thwarting restrictions on voting - The Daily Chronicle
The U.S. Senate rejected the SAVE America Act on Thursday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose voting restrictions ahead of the November midterm elections. Senators voted 48-50 against advancing an amendment that would have incorporated Trump’s top legislative priority into an immigration-focused spending bill. The vote offered the clearest sign yet that despite pressure from the president, a handful of Republican senato…
Hawley fumes after 4 GOP senators help sink Trump-backed voter ID law – Democratic Accent
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., criticized four fellow Republicans who joined Democrats to block an effort to add the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act to the Senate’s reconciliation package, saying “you can’t explain it to me why you wouldn’t vote for voter ID.” During Thursday’s vote-a-rama, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., voted with Democrats to defeat an amend…
State Voter ID Measure Moves Forward After SAVE America Act Fails to Pass
With the SAVE America Act, and its popular voter ID element, bogged down in the Senate for the foreseeable future, one state’s Republican lawmakers have advanced a measure to strengthen […] The post State Voter ID Measure Moves Forward After SAVE America Act Fails to Pass appeared first on The Western Journal.
MAGA melts down after Senate Republicans block Trump’s ‘No. 1 priority’
Four Senate Republicans broke with their party to block an effort to advance the SAVE America Act, dealing another setback to a major Trump-backed election overhaul proposal. Republicans turn on Donald Trump-backed legislation The SAVE America Act would make it necessary to present proof of citizenship and a photo ID to vote. By: MEGA Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell and Thom Tillis joined Democrats in opposing an …
Republican SAVE America Act Election Overhaul Collapses In Senate After Months Of Deadlock
The SAVE America Act, a sweeping Republican election overhaul that President Trump called his congressional allies’ top legislative priority, has officially failed in the Senate. The measure was brought to a vote as an amendment during lengthy debate over an immigration funding package, marking a significant defeat for Trump’s electoral agenda. The bill had languished in the Senate for months after the House passed a version in February on a nea…
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