Revised Bill? Which part was revised?
Posted on 02/13/2026 2:01:38 PM PST by Steven Scharf
BREAKING: SUSAN COLLINS WILL BACK SAVE AMERICA ACT -- WON'T BREAK FILIBUSTER U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is throwing her weight behind the House-passed SAVE America Act, saying the revised bill strikes the right balance between election security and voter access — while making clear she won’t support scrapping the Senate’s legislative filibuster to get it across the finish line.
In an exclusive comment to @TheMaineWire, Sen. Collins said she supports the current version of the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote in U.S. elections.
Collins said she will support the version of the SAVE Act that has now cleared the House, calling it a “simple reform” aimed at strengthening confidence in federal elections. “The law is clear that in this country only American citizens are eligible to vote in federal elections. In addition, having people provide an ID at the polls, just as they have to do before boarding an airplane, checking into a hotel, or buying an alcoholic beverage, is a simple reform that will improve the security of our federal elections and will help give people more confidence in the results," she said.
Collins said that her support hinges on changes made to the legislation. She said she previously opposed an earlier draft that would have required voters to prove their citizenship each time they cast a ballot.
“Requiring voters to produce passports or birth certificates on election day — as opposed to just a state-issued ID — would have placed an unnecessary burden on the voters. That provision is no longer in the bill and dropping this requirement was key to getting my support.”
Although conservatives will cheer the news that Collins will support citizenship requirements for voting via the SAVE Act, her support comes with a key caveat: preserving the Senate filibuster.
The Maine senator drew a firm red line when it comes to changing Senate rules to pass the bill.
“I oppose eliminating the legislative filibuster,” Collins said. “The filibuster is an important protection for the rights of the minority party, that requires Senators to work together in the best interest of the country. Removing that protection would, for example, allow a future Congress controlled by Democrats to pass provisions on anything they want — DC Statehood, open borders, or packing the Supreme Court — with just a simple majority of Senators.”
The legislative filibuster requires 60 votes to advance most major bills in the Senate. Democrats have periodically called for weakening or eliminating it, arguing it allows a minority to block widely supported legislation.
Some Republicans, including Collins, have defended the 60-vote threshold as a guardrail against rapid policy swings when power changes hands.
Other Republicans and most conservative commentators have predicted that a future Democratic majority in the Senate would abolish the long-standing Senate filibuster in order to stack the U.S. Supreme Court and further assert progressive dominance over American life.
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I received an email from a Collins Senate staffer on this. and now Steven Robinson is reporting the same.
I think that makes 50.
Told ya.
well, we must be thankful for even tepid support from that source
it appears that she’s read the election tea leaves — that the people will vote out anybody who fails to support voterID
good
Make the Democrats go through a real filibuster.
Good. Calls and letters must have worked. She is up for election this time.
I still want a polar bear to devour her.
Revised Bill? Which part was revised?
Is that what’s going to happen?
I think that’s the plan.
Change it back to a talking filibuster which doesn’t break it by her “rules.”
Whatever, she got paid.
SOOOOOOOOOO—_CURRENT VOTER ROLLS HAVE TO GET EVERYONE RE_REGISTERED.
CURRENT LISTS ARE CONTAMINATED.
It means calling and melting down the phone lines works.
The part the House amended requiring proving citizenship every time you vote to just when you register to vote.
A bunch of Democrats are going to need a diaper change
I guess this stupid female dog doesn’t understand that how they are doing the filibuster is not the way it was intended. Bet she doesn’t support the talking filibuster even though that is the rule. Senators are elite turds who think to highly of themselves and are too lazy to do what needs to be done.
“Which part was revised?”
They changed an “a” to a “the” to give her an off ramp.
One wonders what Collins was promised in future legislation.
blue states will hand out IDs like candy
“The part the House amended requiring proving citizenship every time you vote to just when you register to vote.”
OK. Thanks!
It will be interesting to see how this all works out.
I know in Colorado if the ruling ‘RAT party can’t cheat, I would not be surprised if they cancel all future elections.
I wouldn’t put anything past this crooked state government.
I think I was told by a Mainer (Is that right?) that the word there is she’s retiring.
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