{"id":2630308,"date":"2026-07-15T19:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-tells-trump-save-america-act-aint-passing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:12:19","slug":"schumer-tells-trump-save-america-act-aint-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-tells-trump-save-america-act-aint-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer tells Trump SAVE America Act &#8216;ain&#8217;t passing&#8217;"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fschumer-tells-trump-save-america-act-aint-passing%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=2630308&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>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) strongly stated that the proposed SAVE America Act will not pass, emphasizing it won&#8217;t succeed in the Senate, among Democrats, or in courts. The legislation faces notable opposition as Democrats remain committed to blocking it, and Republicans lack enough votes to pass it without Democratic support, needing 60 votes under current rules. Efforts to end the filibuster to pass the bill have also been blocked by party opposition. trump and some Republicans continue to push for the legislation, with House Republicans introducing a $95 million reconciliation package that includes priorities like the SAVE America Act. Schumer countered claims that Democrats seek a shutdown, asserting instead that Republicans are attempting to create a shutdown to pass the bill, especially as some GOP members advocate for ending the filibuster. Ultimately, the legislation&#8217;s passage remains unlikely because of ongoing opposition and procedural hurdles.  <\/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\">Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) delivered a forceful message to President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Wednesday that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/save-america-act\/\">SAVE America Act<\/a> \u201cain\u2019t passing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMr. President, the SAVE Act ain\u2019t passing. It ain\u2019t passing in the Senate, it ain\u2019t passing the Democrats, and it ain\u2019t passing in the courts,\u201d Schumer said. <\/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\/senate\/4649309\/jay-clayton-struggles-election-questions-confirmation-hearing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump DNI pick Jay Clayton struggles with election questions during confirmation hearing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4649663\/joy-behar-graham-nordone-dei-hire-south-carolina-senate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Joy Behar calls Darline Graham Nordone a DEI hire for South Carolina<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4649529\/marjorie-taylor-greene-eulogizes-lindsey-graham-as-murderer\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Marjorie Taylor Greene eulogizes Lindsey Graham as a \u2018murderer\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate minority leader\u2019s comments come as Trump pushes Republicans to pass his election legislation. But Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/John-Thune\/\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) argues Republicans do not have enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill.<\/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\">Republicans currently hold 53 seats in the Senate, but need 60 votes to pass the SAVE America Act, meaning they need Democratic support to pass the sweeping election legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Schumer reminded his Republican colleagues, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> remain firm in opposing the legislation and not giving Republicans the necessary votes to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because Republicans can\u2019t reach the 60-vote threshold, Trump and some GOP lawmakers are calling to end the chamber\u2019s filibuster rule and move to a simple majority as the baseline for passing legislation.<\/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\">However, Republicans also lack the necessary support to end the filibuster, with many in the party opposing such efforts. Thune argues he lacks the votes in the Senate GOP conference needed to abolish the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schumer told Republicans to \u201cgive up\u201d on the SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s been rejected over and over again,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cI\u2019d say to Mike Lee, it\u2019s not happening, so give up on that and start doing the real work.\u201d<\/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\">Trump has demanded that Republicans pass the SAVE America Act, and Republicans are answering the call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, House Republicans unveiled a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4649118\/house-gop-releases-budget-framework-for-95-billion-reconciliation-package\/\">$95 million<\/a> reconciliation package including two legislative priorities: the White House\u2019s military supplemental request and the SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4647888\/johnson-house-rule-vote-save-america-act-border-policy\/\"><strong>MIKE JOHNSON BREAKS THROUGH GOP BLOCKADE TO REOPEN HOUSE FLOOR<\/strong><\/a><\/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\">Schumer pushed back on claims that Democrats \u201cwant a shutdown,\u201d arguing that Republicans are actually the party that is pursuing a shutdown in order to pass the SAVE America Act, pointing to some pushing for the end of the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRepublicans have been trying to say we want a shutdown. We don\u2019t. We\u2019ve been fighting it, but Trump pulled the rug out from under them when he said, \u2018Republicans have to terminate the filibuster, or we\u2019ll have a shutdown in September,\u2019\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schumer: SAVE Act won\u2019t pass in Senate or courts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2630310,"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\/07\/AP26196703886828-e1784155405551.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[33301,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2630308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26196703886828-e1784155405551.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630308","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\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630312,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630308\/revisions\/2630312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}