The Republican-controlled Senate began debate Tuesday on the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot. Provisions included in the bill, which has already passed the House, have widespread national support among Republicans, Independents, and Democrats.
Getting the legislation to pass the Senate is a feat — but not because it’s impossible. Rather because Senate Majority Leader John Thune appears ready to “go out of his way to set up a 60-vote obstacle which will doom the bill to failure but allow puke Republicans to pretend to support it since they know it’s dead anyway,” as The Federalist co-founder and CEO Sean Davis explained in a post on X.
