Save Act Failure: It was a Republic…

The Save Act was introduced in April 2024, when Speaker Johnson traveled to South Florida and presented the legislation alongside former President and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. It will die where most things do in DC, the US Senate. It seemed like a simple piece of legislation then, and it still is today.

Voter ID, proof of citizenship, and clean voter rolls are common sense, and most Americans agree. In fact, it is one of the few legislative items I can recall with such widespread bipartisan support among the American population. Polls consistently show overwhelming support.

Pew Research in August 2025 – 83% of all adults questioned believe a photo ID should be required.  Rasmussen Reports in January 2025 – 77% of likely voters believe a photo ID to vote is a “reasonable measure to protect the integrity of elections.” Gallup in October 2024 – 84% agreed that “requiring all voters to provide photo identification at their voting place” is the right thing to do, and in that same poll, 83% want proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

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I remember saying in May 2024 that the Save Act will never pass in the Senate, where a 60-vote threshold is required. Since then, there was much talk of ‘nuking the filibuster’ to reduce that threshold to 50 senate votes plus JD Vance.  I believe nuking the filibuster is a terrible political idea, probably the worst in American history and I haven’t been quiet about it either. Luckily, it’s an idea that has since faded. Passing the Save Act with a standing or talking filibuster has been discussed too. That’s something I would love to see, but we won’t. I think it would be great to see the Senate function as intended and do the work.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune stated that he doesn’t even have enough votes to change the rule for a standing filibuster. Ultimately, the Save Act will be brought to a vote in the Senate, and it will fail. Thune says it will put the Democrats on the record, and the Republicans will use it for the upcoming midterm. I also said, since May 2024, Save’s purpose for legislators is political messaging, not actually creating a new law.

But why not?! 80% of Americans want it, but about 70 senators don’t. That math doesn’t add up to the voter’s wishes. The US is a federal constitutional representative democracy (or republic), where citizens elect officials to make laws and govern on their behalf. The Constitution established that, but who are the members of Congress really representing?

It’s clear that Congress no longer represents the people when 80% of the people want something, and Congress ignores them.  As comedian George Carlin said, “It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.” The federal government and its politicians have become something the founders never intended: bloated, cumbersome, wasteful, corrupt, and standing in the way. It’s politicians who feed the corruption and waste for power, greed, and corporations’ lobbyists.

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A quote attributed to Ben Franklin: “It’s a Republic, if you can keep it.” The Senate’s failure to pass the Save Act is a dagger of death to this Republic. And Americans? We can only be considered subjects to the crown of big government and greedy politicians. Bend your knee and kiss the ring because when the voice of the masses are ignored by those chosen who represent those voices, the Republic is already lost.

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