Hard-liners grind House agenda to a halt over SAVE America Act demands [View all]
Source: The Hill
06/25/26 12:54 PM ET
A group of conservative hard-liners have effectively ground most House floor action to a halt until Congress acts on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, delivering a new challenge for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he tries to move the chamber’s legislative agenda forward.
The SAVE America Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register to vote and the presentation of a photo ID to cast a ballot, has passed the House but stalled in the Senate over Democratic opposition.
President Trump has repeatedly demanded congressional leaders find a way to pass the measure, and on Wednesday he canceled a signing ceremony for a widely popular bipartisan housing package, vowing he won’t put his signature on the legislation until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act.
Several hard-liners in the House, meanwhile, said they would oppose any procedural rules, effectively blocking debate and a final vote on measures, until the SAVE America Act passes. Johnson needs near-unanimous GOP support on any procedural rule, given the razor-thin margin in the lower chamber. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) wrote on the social platform X Thursday that she will “not be voting to re-open the floor until the Senate gets back to Washington.” The Senate left for a two-week recess on Wednesday.
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