{"id":2621682,"date":"2026-06-30T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fourteen-republicans-paralyze-house-floor-over-save-america-act-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:33:18","slug":"fourteen-republicans-paralyze-house-floor-over-save-america-act-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fourteen-republicans-paralyze-house-floor-over-save-america-act-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen Republicans paralyze House floor over SAVE America Act concerns"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ffourteen-republicans-paralyze-house-floor-over-save-america-act-concerns%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=2621682&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>Fourteen House Republicans opposed a procedural vote too attach the SAVE America Act to a $1.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >15 trillion defense spending bill<\/a>, leading to its defeat with a vote of 198-224.Notable opponents included Representatives Anna Paulina luna and Chip Roy, among others, while House Majority Leader Steve Scalise voted \u201cno\u201d to keep the option open for future consideration. Luna advocated for including her amendment on voter ID and proof of citizenship in the legislation and expressed frustration over the deal made to merge the priorities, which she opposed. The vote highlighted ongoing GOP disagreements and legislative gridlock on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-rep-rashida-tlaib-to-call-out-fellow-party-members-in-left-wing-response-to-bidens-state-of-the-union\/\" title=\"REPORT: Rep. Rashida Tlaib To Call Out Fellow Party Members In Left-Wing Response To Biden\u2019s State Of The Union\">key bills<\/a>, with some members pledging to block legislation until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act. The legislation&#8217;s addition to the NDAA was expected to face difficulties in the Senate due to procedural hurdles like the filibuster. House Speaker Mike Johnson attempted to navigate the divisions by presenting a revised plan, but the split remains a significant obstacle, emphasizing the ongoing legislative challenges faced by House Republicans amidst broader political contention.  <\/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\">Fourteen House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"240\">Republicans<\/a> took down a procedural measure to attach 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> to the the $1.15 trillion defense spending <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/legislation\/\">bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The procedural rule vote failed 198-224. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Chip Roy (R-TX) led the charge to defeat the rule vote, which included 12 other <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gop\/\">GOP<\/a> members. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) voted \u201cno\u201d to allow for a procedural loophole to bring the vote back up for consideration at a later time without referring the measure to the House Rules Committee.<\/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\/4630774\/14-republicans-paralyze-house-floor-over-save-america-act-concerns\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>14 Republicans paralyze House floor over SAVE America Act concerns<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4630394\/melat-kiros-colorado-foreign-born-anti-american-candidate-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Another foreign-born, anti-American candidate\u2019: Joe Concha on Melat Kiros\u2019s Colorado bid<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4630433\/trump-rnc-prepared-flood-midterms-cash-supreme-court-win\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump and RNC prepared to flood midterm elections with cash following Supreme Court win<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m saying, \u2018I will vote for the rule if you allow my amendment for voter ID plus proof of citizenship to be placed into the text of the NDAA,&#8217;\u201d Luna told reporters after the vote failed. \u201cThey\u2019re saying they won\u2019t, so now that you saw what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>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\">The defections included Reps. Max Miller (R-OH), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Randy Fine (R-FL) , Andy Harris (R-MD), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Keith Self (R-TX), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Mike Turner (R-OH), in addition to Luna, Roy, and Scalise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled the revised plan to advance the legislation and merge the two priorities after meeting with different factions of his caucus, in an effort to end the gridlock that has plagued the House floor in recent weeks.\u00a0Johnson could only afford to lose three votes due to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">slim majority<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of really good programmatic priorities that we had in the bill, including about 65 of the Trump administration\u2019s priorities and executive orders that would be included in the bill,\u201d Johnson said after the vote failed. \u201cWe had a handful of Republicans that voted against advancing that. They also, as you know, by consequence, also voted against the Save America Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>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\">For weeks, a GOP blockade has effectively prevented them from advancing key legislative items, including two appropriations bills this week, and would have threatened the passage of the <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>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luna, along with a small coalition, pledged to vote against procedural measures to bring legislation to the House floor until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act. She was unhappy with the deal made to merge the two priorities, claiming she wanted her amendment to the SAVE America Act added instead. The Florida Republican engaged in an animated conversation with the speaker and Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), who also voted against the legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4629304\/raskin-files-petition-kill-trump-lawfare-fund\/\">JAMIE RASKIN FILES DISCHARGE PETITION TO KILL TRUMP\u2019S $1.8 BILLION LAWFARE FUND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>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 addition of the SAVE America Act to the NDAA would likely have doomed the legislation in the Senate, as Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has been unable to bring the measure to the president\u2019s desk. Thune has chalked up the failure of passage to the semantics in his chamber, particularly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-considering-proposal-to-lower-60-vote-filibuster-threshold\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin Considering Proposal To Lower 60-... Filibuster Threshold\">60-vote filibuster threshold<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This marks another step in the fight on Capitol Hill, as the House remains frustrated with the Senate\u2019s failure to pass this legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt makes no sense for us to stop our very important progress for House Republicans because some Senate Democrats are refusing to do their job,\u201d Johnson said after the vote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>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\"><em>Hailey Bullis contributed to this report<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 GOP Reps block move to attach SAVE Act to defense bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2621683,"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\/image-collage-4xj420m7r-1782241999339-e1782245756380.jpg?1782831249&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81787,34480,81983,3756,75195],"class_list":["post-2621682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congressional-protest","tag-house-floor","tag-legislative-paralysis","tag-republicans","tag-save-america-act-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-4xj420m7r-1782241999339-e1782245756380.jpg?1782831249&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621682","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621686,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621682\/revisions\/2621686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}