- Jun 24, 2025
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The SAVE America Act keeps passing through the House, yet it continues to stall in the Senate. Now, Speaker Mike Johnson is trying a new approach that could finally change the outcome.
As recently reported, Johnson revealed during an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo that the House Republican majority is gearing up to approve the legislation for a fourth time. The critical difference this round? They intend to bundle it into a reconciliation package, which would allow it to bypass the Senate's 60 vote filibuster requirement entirely.
That procedural shift matters a great deal. With reconciliation, only a simple majority would be needed for the measure to advance through the upper chamber. It effectively removes the largest roadblock that has kept the bill from becoming law.
The legislation, which aims to tighten voting regulations nationwide, has broad public backing. Surveys consistently show that voters from both major parties favor stronger election safeguards. President Trump has vocally championed the bill, contending that it would make committing election fraud far more difficult.
So why has it failed to move forward? Four Republican senators have stood in the way. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky all sided with Democrats to oppose the bill when it came up for a vote earlier in June. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, meanwhile, has not used the leverage available to him, such as threatening to withhold campaign funding from members who are seeking another term. Collins is facing voters again this cycle, which makes that kind of pressure especially relevant. McConnell and Tillis will both be out of office come January, removing two of the four obstacles, though that does not fix the current impasse.
Activist Scott Presler, who focuses on voter integrity issues, has warned publicly that the window for enacting new rules before the next election is closing fast.
Of course, even under reconciliation, success is far from certain. Every Republican senator who is available to vote would need to be on board, and the same senators who previously blocked progress could still create headaches. Still, folding the legislation into a reconciliation bill represents a far more realistic path than trying to clear the filibuster threshold given how the Senate currently looks.
The House has now approved this bill on three separate occasions, and each time the Senate let it wither. Johnson's latest maneuver offers the strongest chance yet of getting it signed into law. The big unknown is whether Senate leadership will finally follow through. Public opinion is on the side of tighter voting protections, the legislative strategy is in place, and the pressure from the base continues to mount. All that remains is whether enough senators will actually show up and vote yes.
Continue reading more about it at: Speaker Johnson Plans Fourth House Vote on SAVE Act, This Time With a Reconciliation Twist
