{"id":2619280,"date":"2026-06-25T18:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-house-gop-hardliners-to-end-blockade-over-flagship-voter-id-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:28:54","slug":"trump-tells-house-gop-hardliners-to-end-blockade-over-flagship-voter-id-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tells-house-gop-hardliners-to-end-blockade-over-flagship-voter-id-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells House GOP hardliners to end blockade over flagship voter ID bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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-tells-house-gop-hardliners-to-end-blockade-over-flagship-voter-id-bill%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=2619280&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>President Donald Trump urged House Republicans to unite and proceed with legislative votes after a GOP blockade halted the House leadership\u2019s agenda this week. Following a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson, Trump called on Republicans to stop threatening procedural votes, especially after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna vowed to lead a revolt until the Senate advances the GOP\u2019s voter ID bill, the SAVE America Act. Trump criticized allowing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-warns-weakling-gop-senators-i-will-never-forget-and-either-will-his-voters\/\" title=\"President ... Warns Weakling GOP Senators: ...I Will NEVER FORGET! \u2014 And Either Will His ...rs!\">radical left democrats<\/a> in the House to control legislative procedures, claiming it would worsen outcomes and emphasizing the need to prevent Democrats from winning.<\/p>\n<p>House GOP leadership had to postpone a planned procedural vote and send the House home without passing key bills,including appropriations and an upcoming defense bill,due to intra-party dissent. Johnson expressed a desire to restart the legislative agenda and plans to discuss these issues with Trump. Meanwhile,Luna filed an amendment attaching the voter ID bill to the National defense Authorization Act,which may jeopardize its passage in the Senate due to Democratic opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The intra-party conflict over the SAVE America Act intensified, with house GOP hardliners pressuring the Senate to pass the legislation, criticizing Senate Republicans for inaction. Trump joined this pressure, threatening to hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bipartisan housing bill hostage<\/a> until the Senate passes the voter ID legislation. Despite these efforts, Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated there are not enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill. the week highlighted deep divisions within the GOP on legislative priorities and tactics.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> urged House Republicans to unify and allow legislation to move forward on the floor after a GOP blockade derailed leadership\u2019s agenda this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Trump said Republicans should stop threatening to vote down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-big-beautiful-bill-passes-out-of-house-rules-committee\/\" title=\"GOP &#039;big, beautiful ...&#039; passes out of ... Rules Committee\">procedural rule votes<\/a> in the House after Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anna-paulina-luna\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11243\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) vowed to lead a revolt until the Senate moved on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/save-america-act\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"22939\">SAVE America Act<\/a>, the GOP\u2019s flagship voter ID bill.  <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4625862\/trump-house-gop-blockade-save-america-act\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump tells House GOP to end blockade over flagship voter ID bill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4625293\/lawler-trump-tps-haiti\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lawler pushes Trump administration to resume TPS for Haitians after court ruling<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4625018\/mark-amodei-intervenes-markwayne-mullin-heated-hearing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Republican chairman intervenes against Markwayne Mullin at heated hearing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cGiving power to the Radical Left Dumocrats in the House to control what goes up for a Vote will make our outcomes worse, not better,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social. \u201cNo more grandstanding, please! They are the Dumocrats, and we can\u2019t let them WIN!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"1250\">House<\/a> GOP leadership was forced to punt on a planned procedural rule vote on Wednesday as GOP rebels threatened to bring the floor to a standstill. By Thursday, a resolution to the battle remained out of sight, forcing House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) to cancel votes on Friday and send the House home for the week without voting on the procedural measure to unlock the floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson, while on his way to meet with Trump, told reporters, \u201cWe\u2019re in an era with small margins and small majorities, and we\u2019ve got to get things moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe passed the SAVE Act three times in the House,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe\u2019ll do it again. We\u2019re working on that, and I\u2019m going to talk with the president about these issues and how to get the agenda moving again, and it\u2019s going to be very productive.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GOP blockade has effectively prevented House GOP leadership from advancing key legislative items, including two appropriations bills this week, and threatens the passage of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hispanic-caucus-takes-aim-at-african-american-veterans-service-on-key-panel\/\" title=\"Hispanic Caucus Takes Aim at African-American Veteran\u2019s Service on Key Panel\">annual defense bill<\/a> next week if it does not come to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after Trump\u2019s post, Luna said she has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to attach the voter ID bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is how to get my vote on a rule,\u201d Luna wrote in a post on X. \u201cBut I am one of MANY.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Rules Committee is expected to meet on Monday to consider the amendments and the bill itself, but if Luna\u2019s amendment is attached to the annual bill, it risks sinking the legislation in the Senate, where Democrats would be certain to oppose the measure, preventing it from reaching the 60-vote filibuster threshold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The monthslong cross-chamber GOP feud over the SAVE America Act rapidly intensified this week as House GOP hardliners attempted to pressure the Senate to pass the legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a House Freedom Caucus press conference Thursday morning to demand the Senate take up the SAVE America Act, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told reporters bluntly, \u201cThe Senate sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m just gonna come out and say it, they suck,\u201d said Donalds, who is running for Florida governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued: \u201cWhat is happening in the U.S. Senate is laziness, and quite frankly, it\u2019s disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Republicans hold 53 seats, meaning any legislation generally needs Democrats to cross over for it to become law. But House Republicans who want to see the SAVE America Act passed are pressuring the Senate GOP to pass the legislation anyway, either through a Senate procedure called the \u201ctalking filibuster\u201d or by eliminating the filibuster altogether.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has also joined the pressure campaign, however, by announcing he would hold a bipartisan housing bill passed by both chambers of Congress hostage until the Senate passes the legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4621439\/luna-roy-oppose-house-action-senate-voter-id-bill\/\">LUNA AND ROY VOW TO OPPOSE ALL HOUSE FLOOR ACTION UNTIL SENATE PASSES VOTER ID BILL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday\u2019s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,\u201d the president posted on Truth Social. \u201cThank you for your attention to this matter!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has maintained that the votes aren\u2019t there, even if the Senate were to move to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urges House GOP to unite, pass legislation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2619281,"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\/06\/AP26175766332626.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[32644,32455,81752,3634,81751],"class_list":["post-2619280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-election-integrity","tag-house-gop","tag-political-blockade","tag-trump","tag-voter-id-bill"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26175766332626.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619280","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\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2619280"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619284,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619280\/revisions\/2619284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2619281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2619280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2619280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}