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Republicans Are Betting the Fifth Time's the Charm for the SAVE Act by Roxanne Szal
After failing to advance in the Senate four separate times in two years and drawing opposition from members of their own party, Republicans are once again attempting to resurrect the SAVE America Act (an even more extreme version of the original SAVE Act)—legislation that would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, to register to vote.
More than 21 million Americans don’t have ready access to those documents, and married women who have changed their names will face additional hurdles if their birth certificates no longer match their legal names. And all of it is aimed at combating a problem—widespread noncitizen voting—that election officials and researchers have repeatedly debunked.
The renewed push comes at the insistence of President Donald Trump, who has made the legislation one of his top priorities. Last month, Trump delayed signing a bipartisan housing package—a bill many Republican elected officials up for reelection in November hope to campaign on—while demanding that Congress first pass the SAVE America Act. (The bill, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, aims to lower housing costs and boost home supply; it will pass regardless of Trump’s holding it ransom, since it has veto-proof, bipartisan majority support.)
Now, desperate House Republicans are searching for yet another legislative vehicle to move the measure. “The president has [the SAVE America] as a top priority, and so do I,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News’ Shannon Bream on Sunday. “We passed it three times in the House.” (It’s actually four: The very first version of the SAVE Act passed in the House in April 2025 but failed to advance in the Senate amid broad opposition.)
“We’re going to try one more time on a budget reconciliation bill, and I think that will be the way to get it through the Senate, and finally, to the president’s desk.”
More than 21 million Americans don’t have ready access to those documents, and married women who have changed their names will face additional hurdles if their birth certificates no longer match their legal names. And all of it is aimed at combating a problem—widespread noncitizen voting—that election officials and researchers have repeatedly debunked.
The renewed push comes at the insistence of President Donald Trump, who has made the legislation one of his top priorities. Last month, Trump delayed signing a bipartisan housing package—a bill many Republican elected officials up for reelection in November hope to campaign on—while demanding that Congress first pass the SAVE America Act. (The bill, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, aims to lower housing costs and boost home supply; it will pass regardless of Trump’s holding it ransom, since it has veto-proof, bipartisan majority support.)
Now, desperate House Republicans are searching for yet another legislative vehicle to move the measure. “The president has [the SAVE America] as a top priority, and so do I,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News’ Shannon Bream on Sunday. “We passed it three times in the House.” (It’s actually four: The very first version of the SAVE Act passed in the House in April 2025 but failed to advance in the Senate amid broad opposition.)
“We’re going to try one more time on a budget reconciliation bill, and I think that will be the way to get it through the Senate, and finally, to the president’s desk.”
https://msmagazine.com/2026/07/06/republicans-trump-save-act-women-voters/