EXCLUSIVE: Heritage Action Makes SAVE America Act ‘Key Vote’

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots 501(c)(4) organization, will key vote the SAVE America Act on its legislative scorecard.

The SAVE America Act, recently introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, would institute national requirements of proof of citizenship to register to vote, as well as photo identification to vote in federal elections.

“This action would hold members accountable to the conservative base that is counting on Congress to advance the President’s agenda,” Heritage Action told The Daily Signal.

The designation comes as the House lines up a vote on the bill later this week.

The SAVE America Act is an updated version of the SAVE Act. It adds a provision requiring individuals to present an eligible photo identification document to vote to the original voter integrity bill passed by the House in June.

Roy, who first introduced the bill under President Joe Biden’s administration, told The Daily Signal that he is “encouraged to see” that Heritage Action “stands behind” the updated bill, which already included requirements for voters to provide proof of citizenship and for non-citizens to be removed from existing voter rolls.

“This updated legislation reflects common sense: we must require basic proof to ensure only American citizens vote in American elections,” Roy added.

Heritage Action’s decision to key vote the bill for its legislative scorecard comes after President Donald Trump urged Congress for more election integrity legislation.

“America’s elections are rigged, stolen, and a laughingstock all over the world,” the president wrote on Truth Social last week. “We are either going to fix them, or we won’t have a country any longer. I am asking all Republicans to fight.”

Though Pew Research recently found that 83% of Americans support voter ID measures, Senate Democrats have stated they will try to prevent the legislation from reaching the president’s desk.

In a press release last week, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., claimed that the SAVE Act would “disenfranchise millions of Americans,” and “is reminiscent of Jim Crow era laws.”

Schumer added that the bill will be “dead on arrival” if it makes its way to the Senate and also threatened “another prolonged Trump government shutdown” if the legislation were attached to an appropriations package.

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that he supports using the standing or talking filibuster to pass election integrity measures.

“I’d love to use the [standing] filibuster,” the president said. “Voter ID is very important.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., recently told reporters that “some of our colleagues in the Senate are interested in” using the standing filibuster.

“We will have a conversation about it,” the majority leader added. “Nothing decided.”

Despite the ambiguity over a potential vote on the SAVE America Act in the Senate, Roy remains optimistic about the growing support behind his bill.

“While a small number of Democrats supported the SAVE Act last year, and I am encouraged by comments from Senator Fetterman, Democrat leadership continues to support voting by non-citizens,” Roy said.

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