As the SAVE America Act heads to the Senate floor, Democrats are vowing to kill the sweeping anti-voting bill pushed by Trump and Republicans. Experts say it would undermine millions of Americans’ right to vote if it became law.
Republicans will bring the bill — deemed the most restrictive election legislation in U.S. history — to the Senate floor for debate today.
Senate leaders have so far declined to sign on to a procedural maneuver — the “talking filibuster” — that supporters see as the bill’s only hope for getting around a guaranteed Democratic filibuster. That means the bill, which aims to solve the phantom problem of noncitizen voting, is likely doomed to fall far short of the 60-vote threshold it would need to make it to President Donald Trump’s desk.
As we entered 2026, it became clear that Republicans were set up to lose control of Congress in the midterm elections. What followed was predictable.
After the original plans for the vote emerged, MAGA melted down, with Mitchell, President Donald Trump, and scores of anti-voting activists unleashing increasingly unhinged posts on social media accusing Senate Majority Leader John Thune of sabotaging the bill.
MAGA’s push to ram through the most restrictive voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress is coming to a head.
Florida lawmakers are poised to approve sweeping new restrictions that would require voters to prove their citizenship status, as well as remove student ID as an acceptable form of voter identification.
In an interview, Kari Lake said that what’s uncovered in the Maricopa County probe “will make passing the SAVE America Act even more urgent.”
Republican leadership is setting the stage for some high dudgeon political theater next week, planning a multi-day, overnight debate on the SAVE America Act that will likely culminate in the protagonist proposal’s death on the Senate floor.
MAGA is beside itself with fury after Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said he plans to bring the SAVE America Act to the Senate floor next week — but won’t use a procedural move that President Donald Trump and anti-voting activists have been demanding to ram the bill through.