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Posted on 02/16/2026 2:59:50 PM PST by T Ruth
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is intensifying pressure on Senate colleagues to advance the SAVE America Act, a Republican-backed election integrity bill that would mandate proof of citizenship to register and a photo ID to vote in federal elections.
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"The longer we wait, the harder it'll get to pass the SAVE America Act," Lee wrote Sunday night on X. "Senate Republicans should rip off the Zombie Filibuster next week."
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"By requiring Voter ID and proof-of-citizenship, the SAVE America Act will ensure that our federal elections are decided by U.S. citizens — and U.S. citizens alone."
Under current Senate rules, most legislation cannot be voted on unless debate is closed, a process known as invoking cloture — which typically requires 60 votes out of 100. If cloture fails, opponents can indefinitely delay a bill's progression.
The talking filibuster is a historical version of the filibuster in which senators must physically hold the floor and speak continuously to maintain an objection to a bill.
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Critics of the current filibuster note that modern practice often involves no actual floor speeches; senators can sustain a filibuster simply by signaling opposition or using procedural tactics to block cloture.
Lee and others describe this as "filibustering without effort," arguing it has morphed from a tool for robust debate into a mechanism for silent obstruction.
By calling for enforcement of older Senate debate rules — requiring active participation to sustain an objection — Lee says Republicans could effectively "slay the zombie" and bring the SAVE America Act to a floor vote without scrapping the filibuster entirely.
Despite Lee's push, Senate procedural reforms remain uncertain. Some Republicans, including Sen. Susan Collins, support the SAVE America Act but oppose changes to filibuster rules, highlighting the challenge ahead for Lee's strategy.
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Not really a good idea to rile up the living dead voting bloc. Just sayin’.
The whole point of the filibuster is to give the swamp the control. Since the swamp is on the side of the democrats there is no need. We have 51% that is the law. We should just get rid of something that only allows bureaucratic corruptions. We could get back to small bills. We could get back to people’s will. The filibuster is an arbitrary block on the peoples will. Get rid of it.
What did Mike Lee get for giving all of our high paying tech jobs to Indians?
AMAZING THE HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY IN THE USA POLITICS.
AND——SHE WENT TO MIT !!!!!!!!!!
“The filibuster is an arbitrary block on the peoples will. Get rid of it.”
We could also get rid of the 17th Amendment as well and turn half of our blue and purple states red.
Do such women not have a marriage certificate?
And how do they fly, if they have no Real ID or alternative documents to it?
I hate lying liars
Both of those creatures are LYING.
Mrs. Mountain changed her name when we married. Birth certificate plus marriage certificate supported name change; she has had a RealID compliant WV driver license for as long as such things have existed.
They are all saying it nonstop so there must be polling data showing some people actually are stupid enough to believe it.
Facts are of no interest to leftists. “Anything is ethical if it means advancing the revolution”. (Karl Marx)
Of course they do.
But the Democrats are stirring this up to get people thinking lies might be true. “Oh, gosh - I hadn’t thought of that! I don’t think I ever did change my last name on my birth certificate! I won’t be able to vote!”
For democrats, this is a two-fer. An attack on marriage AND codifying election fraud.
I changed my name when I got married and I’ve never had a passport. And I would have no problem proving my citizenship by showing my birth certificate and marriage license. I also have a social security card but I suppose that’s been so corrupted that we give them to non-citizens too - which, if true, is probably a problem these senators caused in the first place.
We’ve been married 42 years. My wife just recently got a letter that was canceling her health insurance unless she provided an original certified marriage license for our marriage. The kicker is we both worked for the same company in the same location. My HR Director explained the fraud going on, and not to get wild about it. It’s a consequence of those gaming the system and we all must suffer.
Agreed, the 17th amendment has to go!
The “zombie” filibuster was always a bad idea
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