Overview
- President Trump urged Republicans on Truth Social to pass the SAVE America Act "at the expense of everything else" and rejected any watered‑down version.
- He expanded his public checklist to include banning men from women’s sports and restricting transgender surgeries for minors, demands not contained in the bill’s text.
- The House passed the measure on Feb. 11, but it remains blocked in the Senate where leaders such as John Thune support the bill yet resist changing rules, and some Republicans including Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell have voiced reservations.
- Sen. Mike Lee is pressing to force Democrats into a talking filibuster to secure a floor fight, but GOP support for that tactic is not there, with Thune saying "we aren’t there yet" and senators like Thom Tillis opposing the move.
- A late‑February Harvard‑Harris poll found 71% support for the legislation, even as critics including Rick Hasen and Barack Obama warn it could disenfranchise eligible voters and local officials flag paperwork burdens that could especially affect women who changed their names.