Trump Gives Oxygen to SAVE America Act in SOTU
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
After President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address, congressional Republicans have a clear homework assignment from the White House—to pass the SAVE America Act, requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections.
Now, Republicans are trying to figure out whether this legislative push will be an exercise in lawmaking, or just messaging.
“I’m asking you to approve the SAVE America Act to stop illegal immigrants and others who are unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections,” Trump told Congress Tuesday in an attempt to create momentum for the act’s passage through the Senate, where it has not yet received a vote.
“Congress should unite and enact this commonsense, country-saving legislation right now and it should be before anything else happens.”
President Trump is 100% right: all voters must show proof of citizenship and valid ID to vote.
Rep. Roy’s SAVE America Act gets the job done.
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) February 25, 2026
The House recently passed the bill. Democrats in the House and Senate have generally opposed the bill, arguing citizenship and photo identification requirements suppress the vote and disadvantage minorities.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday on Fox News that he would bring the bill to a vote, but that his current priority was ending the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
“We’ll put the Democrats on the record,” Thune said. “We will get a vote on it. And we are right now in the middle of a government shutdown so we’ve got to try and get the government opened up first, but in due time we will… have a vote on it.”
? BREAKING: Senate Leader John Thune confirms HE'S FORCING A VOTE on the SAVE America Act, he will put Democrats ON THE RECORD opposing the 85-15 issue
This MUST pass! Voter ID, citizenship — common sense ??
"We will put the Democrats on the record! […] We'll get it on the…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 25, 2026
On Wednesday morning, Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., identified Trump’s advocacy of the bill as a main takeaway from the State of the Union address.
“He said, first and foremost, the SAVE Act’s got to get passed and he’s one hundred percent right,” Moore told The Daily Signal.
But many House Republicans are calling on their Senate Republican counterparts to not just vainly seek the 60 Democrat votes typically required to end debate on legislation, but to force a “talking filibuster.”
The theory, expounded by figures such as Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is that Republicans could enforce rule 19 of the standing rules of the Senate, under which senators are given a limit of two speeches on each “question” in a legislative day.
Proponents say Republicans could refuse to adjourn, thereby forcing Democrats to exhaust all of their allotted speeches to delay the bill, eventually bringing the SAVE America Act to a pass-fail, simple majority vote.
But there is no Republican consensus about the approach yet.
Thune told Politico after the address, “Our conference is definitely not united on the talking filibuster, and …
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
After President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address, congressional Republicans have a clear homework assignment from the White House—to pass the SAVE America Act, requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections.
Now, Republicans are trying to figure out whether this legislative push will be an exercise in lawmaking, or just messaging.
“I’m asking you to approve the SAVE America Act to stop illegal immigrants and others who are unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections,” Trump told Congress Tuesday in an attempt to create momentum for the act’s passage through the Senate, where it has not yet received a vote.
“Congress should unite and enact this commonsense, country-saving legislation right now and it should be before anything else happens.”
President Trump is 100% right: all voters must show proof of citizenship and valid ID to vote.
Rep. Roy’s SAVE America Act gets the job done.
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) February 25, 2026
The House recently passed the bill. Democrats in the House and Senate have generally opposed the bill, arguing citizenship and photo identification requirements suppress the vote and disadvantage minorities.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday on Fox News that he would bring the bill to a vote, but that his current priority was ending the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
“We’ll put the Democrats on the record,” Thune said. “We will get a vote on it. And we are right now in the middle of a government shutdown so we’ve got to try and get the government opened up first, but in due time we will… have a vote on it.”
? BREAKING: Senate Leader John Thune confirms HE'S FORCING A VOTE on the SAVE America Act, he will put Democrats ON THE RECORD opposing the 85-15 issue
This MUST pass! Voter ID, citizenship — common sense ??
"We will put the Democrats on the record! […] We'll get it on the…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 25, 2026
On Wednesday morning, Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., identified Trump’s advocacy of the bill as a main takeaway from the State of the Union address.
“He said, first and foremost, the SAVE Act’s got to get passed and he’s one hundred percent right,” Moore told The Daily Signal.
But many House Republicans are calling on their Senate Republican counterparts to not just vainly seek the 60 Democrat votes typically required to end debate on legislation, but to force a “talking filibuster.”
The theory, expounded by figures such as Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is that Republicans could enforce rule 19 of the standing rules of the Senate, under which senators are given a limit of two speeches on each “question” in a legislative day.
Proponents say Republicans could refuse to adjourn, thereby forcing Democrats to exhaust all of their allotted speeches to delay the bill, eventually bringing the SAVE America Act to a pass-fail, simple majority vote.
But there is no Republican consensus about the approach yet.
Thune told Politico after the address, “Our conference is definitely not united on the talking filibuster, and …
Trump Gives Oxygen to SAVE America Act in SOTU
Are they actually going to vote on something real?
After President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address, congressional Republicans have a clear homework assignment from the White House—to pass the SAVE America Act, requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections.
Now, Republicans are trying to figure out whether this legislative push will be an exercise in lawmaking, or just messaging.
“I’m asking you to approve the SAVE America Act to stop illegal immigrants and others who are unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections,” Trump told Congress Tuesday in an attempt to create momentum for the act’s passage through the Senate, where it has not yet received a vote.
“Congress should unite and enact this commonsense, country-saving legislation right now and it should be before anything else happens.”
President Trump is 100% right: all voters must show proof of citizenship and valid ID to vote.
Rep. Roy’s SAVE America Act gets the job done.
— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) February 25, 2026
The House recently passed the bill. Democrats in the House and Senate have generally opposed the bill, arguing citizenship and photo identification requirements suppress the vote and disadvantage minorities.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday on Fox News that he would bring the bill to a vote, but that his current priority was ending the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
“We’ll put the Democrats on the record,” Thune said. “We will get a vote on it. And we are right now in the middle of a government shutdown so we’ve got to try and get the government opened up first, but in due time we will… have a vote on it.”
? BREAKING: Senate Leader John Thune confirms HE'S FORCING A VOTE on the SAVE America Act, he will put Democrats ON THE RECORD opposing the 85-15 issue
This MUST pass! Voter ID, citizenship — common sense ??
"We will put the Democrats on the record! […] We'll get it on the…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 25, 2026
On Wednesday morning, Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., identified Trump’s advocacy of the bill as a main takeaway from the State of the Union address.
“He said, first and foremost, the SAVE Act’s got to get passed and he’s one hundred percent right,” Moore told The Daily Signal.
But many House Republicans are calling on their Senate Republican counterparts to not just vainly seek the 60 Democrat votes typically required to end debate on legislation, but to force a “talking filibuster.”
The theory, expounded by figures such as Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is that Republicans could enforce rule 19 of the standing rules of the Senate, under which senators are given a limit of two speeches on each “question” in a legislative day.
Proponents say Republicans could refuse to adjourn, thereby forcing Democrats to exhaust all of their allotted speeches to delay the bill, eventually bringing the SAVE America Act to a pass-fail, simple majority vote.
But there is no Republican consensus about the approach yet.
Thune told Politico after the address, “Our conference is definitely not united on the talking filibuster, and …
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