{"id":2577966,"date":"2026-03-09T21:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-save-america-act-his-no-1-priority\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:23:46","slug":"trump-calls-save-america-act-his-no-1-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-save-america-act-his-no-1-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls SAVE America Act his \u2018No. 1\u2019 priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-save-america-act-his-no-1-priority%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2577966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trump urged House Republicans at a florida gathering to make the SAVE America Act-the voter ID bill with citizenship verification-the No. 1 priority for the GOP this year, telling about 100 attendees at the Trump National Doral conference to push it through even if it takes six months. He said he would not sign other legislation unless the act passes, framing it as essential for the midterms. The measure has already passed the House but faces a difficult path in the Senate, were leaders like Sen. John thune doubt it can win enough votes, and some Republicans have floated a talking filibuster to bypass the 60-vote requirement. Trump also floated adding provisions to end mail-in voting and restrict certain transgender procedures for minors, a move that would complicate consensus among lawmakers. With August-October recess ahead, Republicans are weighing whether to pair the effort with another spending bill or with reconciliation, though there is broad skepticism about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >quickly overcoming procedural hurdles<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump calls SAVE America Act his &lsquo;No. 1&rsquo; priority for House GOP<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2527651\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>DORAL, Florida &mdash;<\/strong> President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> made his &ldquo;biggest plea&rdquo; to House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"926\">Republicans<\/a> on Monday: Pass the SAVE America Act, a GOP voter identification bill, even if it takes the rest of this year.<\/p>\n<p>A little over 100 of the House GOP&rsquo;s 218 members gathered in the ballroom of the Trump National Doral hotel in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"159\">Florida<\/a> to hear from Trump on Monday afternoon. The hourlong speech kicked off House Republicans&rsquo; three-day annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dark-money-free-speech-addressed-by-h-r-1\/\" title=\"Dark money, free speech addressed by H.R.1?\">issues conference<\/a>, where they are expected to plan out the rest of their agenda for the year before the November elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4486003\/trump-iran-trying-build-nuclear-site-protected-granite\/\">Trump says Iran was trying to build a new nuclear site &#8216;protected by granite&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4485890\/trump-says-iran-conflict-short-term-excursion\/\">Trump says Iran conflict is &#8216;going to be a short term excursion&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4485704\/watch-live-trump-speaks-house-gop-summit-florida\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at House GOP summit in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump, on Monday, made his opinion known for what should be at the forefront of that agenda: the SAVE America Act, which would require <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-id\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"162\">voter ID<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/citizenship\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1453\">proof of citizenship <\/a>to register to vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the No. 1 priority. It should be for the House,&rdquo; Trump said during his speech to the gathered members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A version of the legislation has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4455007\/house-passes-voter-id-bill-one-democrat-supporting\/\">already passed the House<\/a>, but it is stalled in the Senate, where Republicans are hesitant to sidestep the 60-vote filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said passing the legislation will &ldquo;guarantee the midterms,&rdquo; where Republicans are facing an uphill battle to reverse a historical trend in which the House flips to the party opposite the White House in an off-year election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t get it, big trouble, in my opinion,&rdquo; the president added. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m for it if it takes you six months, I&rsquo;m for not approving anything. &hellip; I don&rsquo;t think we should approve anything until this is approved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Members Issues Conference, Monday, March 9, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., as House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listen. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Passing the SAVE America Act is already a tall ask, as Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"178\">John Thune <\/a>(R-SD) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-other-us-officials-served-in-lawsuit-over-alleged-collusion-to-suppress-free-speech\/\" title=\"Fauci, Other US Officials Served in Lawsuit Over Alleged Collusion to Suppress Free Speech\">repeatedly cast doubt<\/a> on its ability to get through the Senate. Under current Senate procedure, Republicans would need a bloc of Democrats to join them to break the 60-vote filibuster to advance the bill to a final vote. Only one Democrat voted for the SAVE America Act in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative influencers and a handful of GOP lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have called for sidestepping that threshold using a talking filibuster, an alternate approach that would allow the bill to pass at 50 votes after a Democrat-led speaking marathon. But Thune and other Senate Republicans have been cool to that idea, arguing that it is logistically impractical and could burn weeks or months of floor time.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s request to add more provisions to the SAVE America Act would also likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-effort-to-block-trump-tariff-repeal-votes-hits-gop-resistance\/\" title=\"Johnson effort to block ... tariff repeal ...s hits ... resistance\">make passage difficult<\/a>. Trump told the gathered lawmakers he wants language that would end<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mail-in-voting\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"9918\"> mail-in voting<\/a> and target <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lgbt-issues\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"868\">transgender operations<\/a> for minors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you could, if I could ask the people in this room, to go for the gold. We&rsquo;re going for the gold. We&rsquo;re not going for the bronze. We&rsquo;re not going to sign a watered-down version like has been sent up there. Let&rsquo;s go for the gold, and let&rsquo;s just not accept anything else.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump had previously threatened <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4484695\/trump-wont-sign-other-bills-save-america-act\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4484695\">to refuse to sign bills <\/a>that reached his desk unless the SAVE America Act was passed by Congress. The president himself dodged questions from reporters following his speech on whether he&rsquo;d withhold his signature from legislation, but a White House official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> earlier in the day that he will <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/naomitlim\/status\/2031072394366874002\">make an exception<\/a> for a funding bill to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>The president placed much of the pressure on Senate Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have four or five senators that are, I don&rsquo;t know &hellip; you have to explain them to me, but we&rsquo;re not going to get into that,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re going to push them to get it done. Because I don&rsquo;t think you can politically exist if you&rsquo;re not going to do voter ID and these things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Back in Washington, D.C., Thune <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4485978\/thune-save-act-pressure-campaign-paid-influencer-ecosystem\/\">cast fresh doubt<\/a> on passing the legislation even as he promised a floor vote. He said there was enough resistance to a talking filibuster that he cannot &ldquo;guarantee&rdquo; an outcome.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Having studied it, researched it pretty thoroughly, you have to show me how, in the end, it prevails and succeeds,&rdquo; Thune said. &ldquo;Because I think what has been promised out there is that it would actually, in the end, get an outcome, and I find it very hard to see that based on actual past experience.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thune downplayed Trump&rsquo;s threats not to sign any bills, arguing that even though the president is &ldquo;passionate&rdquo; about the bill, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald ... ...s Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">majority leader<\/a> was hoping for further exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s push to devote the next six months to passing the SAVE America Act comes as a handful of House Republicans are calling for a second party-line spending bill to accompany the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the administration&rsquo;s key legislative wins heading into the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11675\">2026 elections<\/a>. Many had hoped that it would take center stage during this week&rsquo;s issues conference.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4485943\/trump-donates-1-million-johnson-record-fundraiser\/\"><strong>TRUMP DONATES $1 MILLION TO MIKE JOHNSON FOR RECORD-BREAKING FUNDRAISER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Trump did not mention reconciliation, a budget process used to sidestep the filibuster, once during his hourlong speech, and House leadership has repeatedly said over the last few months that getting a reconciliation &ldquo;2.0&rdquo; is unlikely given the legwork that went into passing the first one last year.<\/p>\n<p>Congress is on recess during the months of August and October, leaving roughly half a year to pass and sign as much of the Republican agenda as possible in case the trifecta is broken in the fall. Passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act took seven months, starting from blueprint talks during the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3303974\/house-republicans-lose-their-cool-budget-reconciliation-florida-retreat\/\">House GOP&rsquo;s issues conference in Doral<\/a> last year to Trump signing the bill into law on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p><em>Naomi Lim and David Sivak contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: SAVE America Act is top priority for House GOP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2577967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26068789296224.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[47835,75445,75195,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2577966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-legislative-agenda","tag-no-1-priority","tag-save-america-act-2","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26068789296224.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577970,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577966\/revisions\/2577970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}