Sources: SAVE America Act Not Dead Yet, ‘Still The Pending Business In The Senate’ |
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Sources: SAVE America Act Not Dead Yet, ‘Still The Pending Business In The Senate’
A Capitol Hill source says Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s assertion that John Thune is done with the election-integrity bill ‘is not true.’
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune has no intention of abandoning the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a source familiar with the bill process told The Federalist.
On Monday afternoon, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., posted on her X account that Thune is washing his hands of the critical election integrity reform bill supported by the vast majority of Americans.
“Just so America knows, after two weeks in recess, John Thune is no longer considering the SAVE America Act,” Luna wrote.
The congressional source with knowledge of the situation told The Federalist on Monday evening that Luna’s comment “is not true.” He said the bill, which requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and photo identification at the polls, is “still the pending business in the Senate.”
“We will be considering ICE and Border Patrol funding followed by FISA, all priorities of the president,” the congressional insider wrote in an email to The Federalist. “The senate can always return to SAVE after considering those items. We started debating it five weeks ago.”
‘If We Don’t Have Other Pressing Stuff’
Luna’s assertion seemed to have some supporting evidence.
An X post Monday by Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio raised concerns that the SAVE America Act was doomed. Desiderio reported the Senate “is off the bill this week and may not return to it any time soon, if at all.” Thune reportedly told Punchbowl’s Laura Weiss that the Senate has “other pressing stuff” to take care of.
“If we don’t have other pressing stuff in front of us that has to get done … then we’ll see about getting that going,” Thune said, according to the reporter’s X post.
News: Thune does NOT commit to holding a vote to get back onto the SAVE America Act after the budget resolution & FISA reauthorization........