Will the Senate Pass the SAVE America Act?

The liberty principle for this Freedom Friday concerns election integrity. Republicans are attempting to make elections more secure, while Democrats fight against photo identification requirements to vote.

The SAVE America Act is one step closer to becoming law. The House of Representatives voted 218-213 to PASS the SAVE America Act on Wednesday. This “bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to vote in federal elections.”

The original SAVE Act passed by a vote of 220-208 in April 2025. The SAVE America Act is a modified version of the SAVE Act to include new photo identification requirements.

Only one Democrat voted for the SAVE America Act – Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas. One Republican and one Democrat did not vote, and the remaining Democrats voted against requiring identification to vote.

George Caldwell shared the following details about the vote in his article published at The Daily Signal. 

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who introduced the bill in the House, said of the bill before its passage, “This is commonsense legislation. It will require citizenship to register to vote, and it will require voter ID at the polls. This is an issue that polls at something like 80%.”

The bill has faced generalized Democrat resistance, especially in the Senate, where Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said it would impose “Jim Crow-style restrictions on voting.”

House Republican leaders backed the bill, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., signing on as co-sponsors. The bill had zero Democrat co-sponsors.

Multiple Democrats who backed the original SAVE Act did not support the SAVE America Act….

House Republicans have in recent days launched a pressure campaign on Senate Republicans to force what is known as a “talking filibuster” to help pass the bill, in order to overcome the chamber’s typical 60-vote threshold for ending debate on bills.

This would, in theory, entail Senate Republicans refusing to adjourn and enforcing a two-speech limit on Senate Democrats.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., citing the time-consuming nature of this approach, has not come out in support of it, but has indicated Senate Republicans will discuss its merits.

It would take a miracle for 60 senators to vote for the bill. In fact, there is some question if Republicans can get a simple majority, even with Vice President JD Vance being one of the votes. Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican in name only (RINO), has already said that she will not vote for it. There are several other Republican senators who might also vote against it, such as Susan Collins (R-Maine ) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky).