03.17.26

Republicans Bring the Fight to SAVE America to the Senate Floor

The Senate Is Considering the Commonsense SAVE America Act, and Republicans Will Force Democrats to Defend Their Opposition to Its Popular Provisions

THE SAVE AMERICA ACT’S GOALS ARE SIMPLE: SECURE AMERICAN ELECTIONS BY REQUIRING PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER AND VOTE, AND PROTECT CHILDREN FROM DEMOCRATS’ RADICAL GENDER POLICIES

“We are looking forward to having an important battle on the floor of the Senate this week on the SAVE America Act… And I’m looking forward to a vigorous, long, and spirited conversation on the floor of the United States Senate about these important issues.” – Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)

  • Under the Biden administration, Democrats allowed 10.5 million people to pour across the southwest border, overwhelming “border stations, then border towns, and eventually major cities like New York and Denver.” (U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Southwest Land Border Encounters – accessed 3/17/26; Fox News’ Bill Melugin: post on X – 8/20/24; The Washington Post: Trump vs. Biden on immigration: 12 charts comparing U.S. border security – 7/28/24; The New York Times: How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration – 12/7/25)
  • Though President Trump and Congressional Republicans have taken historic action to secure the border, many states and cities around the country continue to let illegal aliens obtain drivers licenses and even vote in local elections: (U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Historic 9th Straight Month of Zero Releases at the Border – 2/4/26; U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Secretary Noem Commends President Trump and One Big Beautiful Bill Signing into Law: Historic Win for the American People and the Rule of Law – 7/4/25)
    • 19 states issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.

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(National Conference of State Legislatures: States Offering Driver’s Licenses to Immigrants – 3/13/23)

  • Illegal aliens are allowed to vote in local elections in several municipalities across the country, including cities in California, Maryland, and Vermont. (SF.gov: Non-citizen voting in local Board of Education elections – accessed 3/17/26; Maryland Matters: Edmonston becomes latest Maryland municipality to let noncitizens vote in local elections – 11/24/24; NPR: Some cities allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. Their turnout is quite low – 5/4/24)
  • “The SAVE America Act would protect and preserve the right of American citizens to vote by:”
    • “Requiring individuals to present an eligible photo identification document before voting.”
    • “Requiring states to obtain proof of citizenship – in person – when registering an individual to vote.”
    • “Requiring states to remove non-citizens from existing voter rolls.” (Sen. Lee: Senator Mike Lee Introduces SAVE America Act with Congressman Chip Roy – 1/30/26)
  • Senate Republicans will also force Democrats to go on the record regarding their radical gender policies. (Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio: post on X – 3/15/26; Sen. Schmitt: post on X – 3/16/26)
    • Countless women and girls have been passed over or unfairly discriminated against by biological males being allowed to compete against them in sports. (The Daily Wire: Boy Wins Girls’ Pole Vault Championship In Maine Days After State Pledged To Defy Trump Order – 2/18/25; Alliance Defending Freedom: I Was the Fastest Girl in Connecticut. But Transgender Athletes Made It an Unfair Fight. – 6/6/24; New York Post: Trans runner sparks outrage as she zips past female athletes and leaves them in the dust at high school competition – 4/15/24; Fox News: Lia Thomas picks up victory in 500 free national championship – 3/17/22)
    • Additionally, as many young people share their own regrets over being allowed to undergo gender transitions as minors, “two major medical groups have backed limitations on gender-related surgical treatments for minors in the United States.” (The New York Times: Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor – 2/3/26; Washington Examiner: Senior HHS official pledges to support minors who regret gender transition – 3/12/26; The New York Times: Doctors’ Group Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors – 2/4/26)

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT THEMSELVES ON AN ISLAND: THE SAVE AMERICA ACT IS NOT ONLY COMMONSENSE, BUT OVERWHELMINGLY POPULAR

“The Democrats in this chamber are going to come to the floor, and each and every one of them is going to stand with the far left, the extreme members of their party, who oppose voter identification with a photo ID. We’re going to put every one of them on the record so that everyone in America knows that Republicans support voter ID and Democrats are the party of open borders and illegal voters.” – Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

  • Nearly two dozen states have recently enacted legislation to strengthen proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote. (National Conference of State Legislatures: 2025 Election Enactments – 2/24/26; The New York Times: Florida Republicans Pass Bill Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote – 3/12/26)
  • 71% of voters support the House-passed SAVE America Act, including 50% of Democrats and 69% of independents. (Harvard-Harris Poll – 3/2/26)
  • 83% of voters – including 71% of Democrats – in an August 2025 poll support requiring a photo ID at the polls for all voters. (Pew Research Center Poll – 8/22/25)
  • 79% of Americans in a January 2025 poll believe that athletes who are biologically male but who identify as female “[s]hould not be allowed to compete in women’s sports,” including 67% of Democrat/Lean Democrat respondents. (New York Times/Ipsos Survey – Jan. 2025)
  • 66% of Americans in a February 2025 poll favor laws and policies that require athletes to compete on teams based on biological sex, an increase of 8% since 2022. (Pew Research Center Poll – 2/26/25)
  • 56% of Americans in a February 2025 poll support banning “health care professionals from providing care related to gender transitions for minors.” (Pew Research Center Poll – 2/26/25)

DEMOCRATS’ OPPOSITION REFLECTS THEIR PATTERN OF MINDLESSLY OBSTRUCTING COMMONSENSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION THIS CONGRESS

“On the noncitizens voting or illegals voting, to me, if it’s a 90-percent issue, it should be 100 percent. The precious right to vote in this country is something that’s earned as an American citizen, sometimes it’s earned at birth, and other times through naturalization, and so I think that we ought to respect that, and common sense tells me that proof of citizenship does just that.” – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

  • Days after President Trump took office last year, Senate Republicans put forward commonsense legislation that “requires health care practitioners to provide the ‘same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence’ for a child ‘born alive’ during an attempted abortion, as they would during normal childbirth.” (The Hill: Senate Democrats block GOP’s ‘born-alive’ abortion bill – 1/22/25)
    • “With Democrats unanimously opposed, the measure stalled in the Senate on a party-line vote of 52 to 47, falling short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster and advance toward a final vote.” (The New York Times: Senate Democrats Block G.O.P. Effort to Criminalize Some Abortion Providers – 1/22/25)
  • Later in January, Senate Republicans forced a vote on legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court, “a rogue operation that equates Israel with Hamas and has threatened to charge Americans with war crimes for fighting terrorists.” (The Wall Street Journal: Editorial: Schumer Protects the International Criminal Court – 1/30/25)
    • Senate Democrats blocked the bill after Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “stressed the need for unity” among Democrats. (Axios: Senate Dems block ICC sanctions bill in Schumer-urged show of unity – 1/28/25)
  • After President Trump signed an executive order proscribing “male competitive participation in women’s sports” and rescinding “all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities,” Senate Republicans sought to codify the order and protect women and girls’ sports in law. (White House: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports – 2/5/25; Axios: Senate sets up vote to restrict trans women from women's sports – 2/26/25)
    • Senate Democrats unanimously opposed Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) legislation to protect women and girls’ sports. (S. 9: Roll Call Vote #100 – 3/3/25)