Overview
- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is promoting a "SAVE Act Plus" that would pair proof-of-citizenship verification with photo identification requirements.
- Sen. Mike Lee says he is drafting a stronger Senate version, building on a bill that has already passed the House but has not received a Senate vote.
- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna warned she will move to halt House floor business unless the Senate passes or schedules a vote by the chamber’s return in early February, and Rep. Tim Burchett signaled support.
- The Senate effort has 35 Republican cosponsors, though leaders such as John Thune, John Barrasso, and Shelley Moore Capito are not signed on, and Sen. Chuck Grassley clarified he is not opposed after confusion over a leaked letter.
- The proposal would require citizenship documents at registration, direct states to remove noncitizens from voter rolls, and has Trump’s backing, while critics cite studies showing many eligible voters lack such documents and note noncitizen voting is already illegal and rare.