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Posted on 04/24/2026 2:17:19 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
Senate Republicans have sidelined the SAVE America Act, arguing that it shouldn’t be anywhere near the top of the party’s priority list, especially amid the Iran war and growing economic woes.
Republican leaders this week were forced to remove the proposal as pending business in the chamber as they shifted gears to pass the budget resolution. That effectively benched the bill — which has been championed by President Donald Trump and considered a top agenda item — after an extensive pressure campaign by conservative members and influencers.
The necessary move, however, was greeted with a sigh of relief by a number of Republicans who, while supportive of the measure, believe it’s time to move on to more pressing matters. They also believe the pro-SAVE America Act blitz, led by Sen. Mike Lee and like-minded conservatives, did little to help the case, and may have backfired. Members are ready to bid it adieu as they near the final six months before the midterms.
“They’ve convinced themselves that the longer it hangs around, the more popular it gets. The reality is — I’m quite certain they haven’t gained a single vote, and may have lost a few with time,” one Senate Republican told NOTUS. “There’s some things that aren’t possible, and this is one of them.”
The member noted that while key parts of the bill — which requires voter ID and proof of citizenship to register to vote — poll well with wide swaths of Americans, including Democrats, it is hardly considered a leading issue for voters.
“When put in a lineup of the top 100 things people are thinking about every day, it doesn’t get very high on the list,” the senator continued. “We’re spending a lot of the precious resource of time and energy on something that’s not top-of-mind awareness to voters.”
Polling suggests as much. A CNN survey taken in late March found that only 2% cited voting and elections as the most important issue facing the country, with scores of other topics dwarfing it related to the economy, foreign policy and immigration.
Adding to the calculus is what Senate Majority Leader John Thune and others have indicated in the past: that there is no path for the bill to pass. Lee and conservatives have been loudly beating the drums for months for the chamber to scrap the 60-vote requirement in favor of a “talking filibuster,” a tactic that requires senators to talk continuously in order to block or delay a vote.
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But the GOP Senators could care less.
This NON-ACTION on the SAVE Act is not surprising since Congress used the excuse to go on their multi-week Easter vacation to stop debate on about March 25, 2026.
Now we wait for the GOP Senators campaigning for re-election in Nov 2026 and begging us to vote for the GOP candidates so they have a super majority to pass the SAVE Act.
Well it’s obviously not very popular , only 80% of the country supports it
Then just disband, dammit. Without fair elections this country is finished!
Apparently, Republicans love to lose.
” it doesn’t get very high on the list,” the senator continued”
That’s called ignoring the Elephant in the room.
Better do something NOW or get used to being gone.
Looks like the GOP is planning to lose in November. I mean, who TH is going to vote for a party that has done NOTHING of value the last couple of years? Good bye, USA, it’s been good to know ya.
They sure do want my freakin’ money though.
The GOP is as useless as the Whigs. They are no different than the ‘rats. Enemies of the people.
“ But the GOP Senators could care less.”
Not much less.
The GOP senators are either complicit in the treason or are fools.
I wonder why.....
should have used the exact same procedure they are using to fund ice
This is BS and this election may very well be the last that I bother going out voting for, at least on party lines. I do NOT see the point anymore when our party is feckless and nothing but a bunch of surrender monkeys to communists.
The assistant democrats strike again
Words fail.
F$#_#@$$#$(&”;_#_-you c#_-$!!()_$&&ers.
It is the only damn thing they should be working on! Nothing else matters more than that!
the final six months before the midterms
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Good old GOP . Since it’s obvious they are not there to do Trump’s bidding, who’s bidding are they following ? China ? turtle already has a Chinese wife , what do the others get ?
Forget prices, forget Iran. THIS will keep people home in November.
Screw you John Thune. Coward. Useless. Liberal jerk.
In Illinois, it’s useless to even bother with voting.
“””It is the only damn thing they should be working on! Nothing else matters more than that!”””
Not so. The GOP Senators are busily working on their 4th of July vacation plans. (sarc)
“Looks like the GOP is planning to lose in November. I mean, who TH is going to vote for a party that has done NOTHING of value the last couple of years? Good bye, USA, it’s been good to know ya.
They sure do want my freakin’ money though.
The GOP is as useless as the Whigs. They are no different than the ‘rats. Enemies of the people.”
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If you really believe that, shouldn’t you run for office yourself and give the rest of us a better choice?
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