President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Sunday that he would not sign any bills into law until the US Senate passes the SAVE Act, also known as the Save America Act.
In his Truth Social post, Trump noted, ‘I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed,’ because ‘It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else.’
Trump also added that he wants to see a version of the legislation from the Senate that includes, ‘voter I.D. & proof of citizenship: No mail-in ballots except for military – illness, disability, travel: No men in women’s sports: No transgender mutilization for children.’
A ‘watered down version,’ passed by the House of Representatives, does not include bans on biological men playing in women’s sports, or anything to prevent minors from undergoing transgender surgeries.
The president’s post was spurred by an appearance on Fox & Friends Sunday by conservative activist Scott Presler, who advocated that senators use the filibuster to bring the bill to the floor.
Presler told the Daily Mail on Sunday that he never thought when he ‘went on Fox and Friends this morning that the President of the United States would be watching our segment,’ adding that he was ‘beyond humbled and grateful for the work that President Trump is doing in order to secure our elections.’
‘The SAVE America Act truly is country-saving legislation, and I urge everyone to call their senators in support of passing this bill with the talking filibuster,’ Presler added.
In his Truth Social post, Trump noted, ‘I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed,’ because ‘It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else’
A voter works on his ballot at a polling station at theElena Bozeman Government Center in Arlington, Virginia, on September 20, 2024
Congressman Mark Harris, a North Carolina Republican who has been one of the bill’s top backers in the House told the Daily Mail Sunday that ‘President Trump is right — we have to get the SAVE America Act to his desk.
‘The Senate must get their act together and bring the bill to the floor for debate now.’
‘I’d love to see those stronger reforms President Trump is championing, but the Senate is struggling to even get the base bill done — which over 80% of Americans support. We shouldn’t move any other Senate pet projects until the SAVE America Act is passed,’ Harris added.
A filibuster needs 60 votes on a ‘cloture’ motion to end debate and proceed to a final vote on a piece of legislation.
If every one of the 53 Republicans in the Senate moved to pass the legislation, they would still need to be joined by at least 7 other members of the chamber, Democrats or independents who caucus with them.
President Donald Trump and Mark Harris, in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., October 26, 2018
Scott Presler with President Donald Trump
Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman split from other Democrats early in February when he said during a Fox News appearance, ‘It’s not a radical idea for regular Americans to show your ID to vote, and absolutely those things are not Jim Crow or anything.
Ken Paxton, Texas’s Attorney General, who is headed to a primary runoff against incumbent Texas Senator John Cornyn after last week’s primary election, offered to entertain dropping out of his race under the condition that the SAVE Act was passed in Washington, DC.
‘I would consider dropping out of this race if Senate Leadership agrees to lift the filibuster and passes the SAVE America Act,’ Paxton offered in an X post last week.
Any bills passed by Congress without the President’s signature and without a veto become law in 10 days, per the US Constitution.
The House passed their version of the SAVE Act on February 11, 2026, by a 218-213 vote.
The legislation requires people to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, to register to vote in federal elections and mandates strict photo identification for in-person voting.
Liberal groups have opposed the measures on the argument that it would disenfranchise voters, with VoteRiders noting that 1 in 10 Americans lack easy access to documents that the SAVE Act would require to register and stay registered to vote.’