Overview
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the chamber will hold a marathon debate next week on the House‑passed SAVE America Act to put Democrats on the record.
- Republicans lack the 60 votes needed to beat a filibuster, and Thune and other senators say there aren’t the votes to revive a talking filibuster or change Senate rules.
- House conservatives, led by Reps. Brandon Gill and Anna Paulina Luna, vowed to block or vote down Senate legislation except DHS funding until the Senate acts on the bill.
- President Donald Trump declared he will not sign other bills until the measure reaches his desk and is weighing a Texas Senate endorsement based on progress on the SAVE Act.
- Sen. John Cornyn reversed his long‑held support for the filibuster to back rule changes, but no clear path has emerged as Democrats uniformly oppose the bill’s voter ID and proof‑of‑citizenship mandates.