All posts tagged "Save America Act"

A bill that President Donald Trump has been pushing hard to get passed before the midterm elections is "effectively dead," according to multiple reports.

Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis wrote on X Saturday that the SAVE America Act "isn't going to pass before the August recess. It's effectively dead for the midterm elections."

The SAVE America Act would require states to look for noncitizen voters and force voters to confirm U.S. citizenship when participating in elections, mainly through a valid passport or birth certificate. It also pushes voter ID at polls....

Another GOP senator has said he won't give in to a looming demand by President Donald Trump in a defiant op-ed.

In a Thursday piece for The Wall Street Journal, Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) made it clear, "I won't change the filibuster," a position that he made the headline of his op-ed.

"Under no circumstance will I support any effort to end or alter the filibuster, as any party that does so wouldn't be guaranteed survival," Curtis wrote. "Their agenda would be guaranteed death come the next majority." ...

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill Thursday, meeting privately with top Senate Republicans to try to end a stalemate.

President Donald Trump's agenda has stalled in Congress with his SAVE America Act, third budget package, and Todd Blanche's confirmation all hitting roadblocks, Politico reported.

So, Wiles went to have a "candid" chat with Republicans "amid brewing tensions between Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune and as the midterms loom," according to Politico....

President Donald Trump is downplaying his frustrations with a key Republican senator, according to a recent report.

Despite a recent public spat, Trump has privately said that Senate Majority Leader John Thune is giving him more trouble than he's let on, wrote Jonathan Lemire in a Tuesday piece for The Atlantic.

A senior adviser told Lemire that Trump considers Thune "one of my biggest headaches." ...

President Donald Trump sparked outrage on Monday after snapping at a female reporter who questioned him aboard Air Force One.

Trump was heading to Michigan, where he was expected to give an address about the economy at the GM Proving Grounds in Milford. He was furious after the journalist asked him a question about the Senate and the SAVE America Act, which he has pressured Republicans to support as part of his broader push for stricter voter ID.

"On the Senate, on the SAVE Act, why do you want the U.S. Senate to stay in town?" she asked. "Shouldn't they be out across the country campaigning?"...

Republicans are responding with exasperation and dismay to President Donald Trump's shot at one of their party leaders, per reports.

Politico reported that GOP senators are standing up to Trump's recent comments, taking issue with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and his inability to pass the SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship voting bill touted by Trump.

At a rally in Georgia on Wednesday, Trump told attendees to "call John Thune" while complaining that "the Senate is a place you send things when you want them to die," and "We're not going to take this any longer. We're not going to take it. I'm trying to be nice," according to Politico. ...