President Donald Trump is stepping up his push to pass the “SAVE America Act,” going so far as to call for removing the Senate parliamentarian as the bill remains his top legislative goal.
The renewed effort comes on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling handed down Monday in the case Watson v. Republican National Committee. In that decision, the court ruled that mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day can still be counted, provided they carry a postmark dated on or before Election Day.
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump described the ruling to Townhall as “a little bit surprising” and argued it makes getting the SAVE Act passed even more critical.
“The SAVE Act is even more important,” Trump said. “It’s the right — you have to be a citizen of our country.”
The president is also considering several strategies to get the legislation through the Senate. Among the options he raised are eliminating the filibuster entirely or attaching the bill to a reconciliation measure — either approach would allow it to clear the chamber with just a simple majority rather than the 60 votes typically required.
“It’s held up in the Senate,” Trump told reporters. “If you terminated the filibuster, you just need 50 votes — and you have 53, plus Vice President JD Vance. Or, through reconciliation, you could also do it with 50 votes.”
Despite the president’s push, the SAVE America Act still faces an unclear and difficult path forward in the Senate.
