{"id":21922,"date":"2026-03-18T16:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/trumps-save-america-act-just-cleared-a-huge-legislative-hurdle-despite-full-dem-opposition\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:22:34","slug":"trumps-save-america-act-just-cleared-a-huge-legislative-hurdle-despite-full-dem-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/trumps-save-america-act-just-cleared-a-huge-legislative-hurdle-despite-full-dem-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s SAVE America Act Just Cleared A Huge Legislative Hurdle Despite Full Dem Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p>The SAVE America Act cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday night, advancing Senate debate after a 51-48 vote.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal, considered the highest legislative priority of President Donald Trump, would require documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote, mandate voter ID for federal elections, and impose new restrictions on voting by mail, with some exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), a Trump critic who\u2019s not seeking re-election, was not present at the time of the procedural vote, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) voted against it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to announce that just moments ago, we won the vote on the motion to proceed with the House-passed SAVE America Act. We got 51 votes for it,\u201d Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said in a video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGame on, we need to stay on this thing now until it passes, and those who want to filibuster debate, make them speak,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Debate is expected to stretch on for days as Republicans push for a talking filibuster rather than allowing delays without continuous floor speeches, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5788105-senate-save-america-act-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have vowed unified opposition. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Tuesday that Democrats will resist the bill \u201cno matter how long it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill is about stopping groups from voting who tend to vote for Democrats. This is again about rigging the next election,\u201d Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sen. Eric Schmitt introduced Trump-backed amendments on Tuesday night, including restrictions on transgender-identifying athletes competing in women\u2019s sports and preventing minors from undergoing transgender-related medical procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people want to see a return to common sense, and this week the Senate will vote on the SAVE America Act to deliver on this mandate,\u201d Sen. Eric Schmitt said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve worked closely with President Trump and the White House to introduce a substitute amendment that will save our elections, save women\u2019s sports, and save our children from gender mutilation surgeries. It\u2019s time to get this done,\u201d the Republican added.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), however, is calling for legislation on voter ID, rather than the full scope of unrelated proposals outlined in the SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c83% of Americans agree on voter ID. 71% of Democrats agree on voter ID. Keep it basic: PHOTO ID to vote,\u201d the moderate Democrat posted to X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop turning this into a Christmas list and attacking vote-by-mail. If GOP wants real reform over a show vote\u2013put out a clean, standalone bill and I\u2019m AYE,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trumps-save-america-act-just-cleared-a-huge-legislative-hurdle-despite-full-dem-opposition\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SAVE America Act cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday night, advancing Senate debate after a 51-48 vote. The proposal, considered the highest legislative priority of President Donald Trump, would require documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote, mandate voter ID for federal elections, and impose new restrictions on voting by mail, with some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-current-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}