Overview
- Senate Republicans paused the SAVE America Act after failing to break a Democratic filibuster.
- An amendment tied to the plan drew fewer than 50 votes during a vote-a-rama last month, which GOP backers cited as a reason to move on.
- The bill would require voter ID and proof of citizenship nationwide and force states to run voter rolls through DHS’s SAVE database, a benefits-verification tool that has wrongly flagged citizens as noncitizens and could trigger wrongful challenges.
- Trump pressed Republicans to prioritize the bill, and he has drafted an executive order to try to carry out parts of it if the Senate does not act.
- A POLITICO poll finds only 37% support the bill by name and 42% are unsure, with strong backing for proof-of-citizenship from Trump 2024 voters and far less from Harris 2024 voters.