Posted on 04/11/2026 2:15:19 PM PDT by T Ruth
Sen. Mike Lee says the Senate is going right back at the SAVE America Act next week and he’s urging conservatives to keep the pressure on.
“Early next week, we’ll be taking up the SAVE America Act again. We need to stay on it until it passes. SPREAD THE WORD!”
That renewed push comes after Senate Republicans notched a procedural win Tuesday that puts the bill back on the front burner. The Senate voted 51-48 to advance the SAVE America Act by approving a motion to proceed, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska the only Republican voting no.
Supporters say the SAVE America Act is a basic integrity measure. The bill would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, tighten voter identification requirements, and expand federal oversight of voter rolls. Republicans argue those guardrails are long overdue, especially after years of chaos at the border and growing public skepticism about how elections are run and policed.
“Election integrity has always been a top priority for President Trump, and the American people sent him back to the White House because they overwhelmingly supported his commonsense election integrity agenda,” Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, said in a statement.
“The President will do everything in his power to defend the safety and security of American elections and to ensure that only American citizens are voting in them. Congress should also expeditiously pass President Trump’s SAVE America Act to protect elections for generations to come,” she added.
Republican leaders are signaling they want a drawn-out floor debate to keep the spotlight on the issue and put every senator on the record. ...
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Are they going nuclear to overcome the 60-vote fillibuster?
Murkowski loves being the fly in the ointment. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ****
Bitxh needs a close encounter with a Harry Reid Mark 1 treadmill...
I wouldn’t exactly call the “the green light”.
Good news, if true.
Praying so!
Federal oversight of voter roles is not an enumerated power of the federal government in the Constitution. The courts will kick this accordingly if it should pass.
Lets find out how many Democrats there are in the Senate.
Ihope it passes.
I doubt it, they are just gonna drag it out til the midterms I dont have confidence in any of these fools to pass this
The federal government sets the electoral laws for the country and the states administer those laws.
Thune is a RINO POS with TDS.
He hides behind the dictates of the Democrat-appointed Parliamentarian.
He keeps holding pro-forma sessions to prevent Trump from making recess appointments.
And NOT ONE republican senator has called him out on it.
TRAITORS.
Democrats will fight against it like devils. It’s like holy water to them.
Her and Paul and Tillis and Crapito, and Collins and...
THUNE!
I fear we are at the point where it is
useless to talk to Democrats.
The military will do its job,
but shut the whole Democrat machine down.
Us taxpayers just strike and stay home
for a few weeks.
Y’all think there won’t be wide spread
reaction?
Let them burn the cities.
It is their homes.
When they are wondering around thirsty, hungry,
homeless, So what? They voted for it!
There is something called “Natural selection”
and they just failed!
Anyone who thinks this is about Thune and the usual suspects like Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski is mistaken.
Thune is REPRESENTING the MAJORITY of his caucus.
If they took a secret vote in the United Elites Senate on Voter ID, it would be over 2/3 against.
Every Democrat snake and over half the Republican snakes.
The uniparty owns the Senate because of this stupid filibuster rule not mentioned in the Constitution.
I’m not so sure the Republicans in the House are in love with Voter ID but they got nowhere to hide as unlike the snakes in the Senate they have to put their vote on the record and they are up for election every two years.
It’s a Start.
I’m trying to remember who began this fight and is taking it to “The Matts.” ? Hmmm.
Oh yea. Donald J. Trump. No one else.
Just a reminder for those with the Faith...
Trump - Hold On I’m Coming Remix
https://youtu.be/rhtLx08sAqc?si=TrqWW8FeXSbh943y
Now off to burn all my branches that fell in my backyard this spring and have a Cold one. :)
Trump +1
It would take a very creative interpretation of the Elections Clause to support that conclusion. The Constitution leaves elections almost entirely up to the States, which is why we’re in the situation we’re in.
The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
Any Republican who votes against it makes me suspicious they cheated in the primaries.
The Constitution seems to say that the federal government can pass laws in regards to election, while leaving it to the states to administer those laws.
The Main Source: Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 (Elections Clause)
This is in the original Constitution (not an amendment):
“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”
States set the default rules for how federal elections are run (times, places, manner — including registration, polling places, voting procedures, etc.).
Congress can override or add to those rules with federal laws.
In practice, states enforce most election laws (even federal ones) through their own election officials, while Congress can create federal requirements or penalties.
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