GOP Fears over Shutdown Collide with SAVE America Act Battle

Monday, July 20, 2026

Senate conservatives allied with President Trump are open to attaching the president's top legislative priority, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, to a stopgap measure funding the government past Sept. 30 ...

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NEW: If there were any Republican hopes that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) might change her mind to vote for the SAVE America Act, she made it clear in no uncertain terms that she will never. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ ...

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Pass the SAVE Act and watch millions of women get disenfranchised at the polls this November. Their collective right to vote will be denied, and from all over the Right will come the refrain " But we didn't mean it to work that way. Oh well, we'll fix it for 2028, along with healthcare, Social Security and gas prices. No--we will this time..."

#1 | Posted by catdog at 2026-07-20 12:38 PM | Reply

This is on the cusp of this next years agenda of ending Social Security and Medicare.

I'm surprised Trump isn't using that as leverage.. or is he?

Officials must see their agenda is destuction of all government.

#2 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-07-20 06:27 PM | Reply

The Senate Parliamentarian probably won't allow them to attach the SAVE Act or any components to anything they try to pass.

Reconciliation can only be used for legislation directly having to do with spending and budget.

And the GOP/MAGA party are forced to use "reconciliation" because they don't have a 2/3rds majority.

#3 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-07-20 08:44 PM | Reply

- forced to use "reconciliation" because they don't have a 2/3rds majority.

Yeah, but see, the Parties are the same!

Oh, wait... maybe they aren't equally evil; maybe one of the only two choices is, often enough to support them over the ONLY other choice, not quite so abomibable, eh?

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-20 10:12 PM | Reply

NEW: If there were any Republican hopes that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) might change her mind to vote for the SAVE America Act, she made it clear in no uncertain terms that she will never.

Until she gets a vague promise of something she wants, then she will vote for it, and once again will get screwed over on what she wanted. Just like previous times.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-07-21 09:06 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

forced to use "reconciliation"

The only party forcing them to use reconciliation is themselves by failing to compromise in the slightest.

#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-07-21 09:08 AM | Reply