{"id":18570,"date":"2026-02-11T16:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18570"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:02:58","slug":"nearly-100-conservative-leaders-urge-thune-to-pass-the-save-america-act-with-talking-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18570","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 100 Conservative Leaders Urge Thune to Pass the SAVE America Act With Talking Filibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n              <span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of an expected vote on the SAVE America Act in the House, nearly\u00a0100 conservative leaders are urging the Senate\u00a0to pass the election integrity measure using the talking filibuster.\n<\/p>\n<h4>Get involved in state-level prayer with IFA.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The SAVE America Act, an updated version of the\u00a0SAVE Act, would\u00a0secure America\u2019s elections by\u00a0requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and requiring voter identification.\n<\/p>\n<p>The bill, introduced by\u00a0Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, in the House and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, in the Senate, is expected to pass the House this week. Conservatives are now calling on Senate Republicans to do everything in their power to pass this legislation.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\n<\/p>\n<p>The SAVE America Act is a new and improved version of the widely supported SAVE Act. The bill adds a Voter ID requirement for voting in federal elections while maintaining the original bill\u2019s proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration.\u2026\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChipRoy\/status\/2017274977259798917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday,\u00a0the\u00a0Conservative Action Project published a memo\u00a0addressing Senate\u00a0Republicans, urging them to pass the SAVE\u00a0America\u00a0Act\u00a0using any means necessary.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no issue more critical to a securely functioning democracy than guaranteeing the sacred right of citizens to cast their votes,\u201d said the Conservative Action Project\u2019s memo read.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConservatives urge Senate Majority Leader John Thune and all Senate Republicans to use every procedural opportunity afforded to them, including forcing a talking filibuster, to pass the\u00a0SAVE America Act,\u201d\u00a0stated\u00a0the letter, signed by almost 100 movement leaders.\n<\/p>\n<p>Prominent signatories include\u00a0former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint,\u00a0President of American Principles Project Terry Schilling, First Liberty Institute President Kelly J. Shackelford, Conservative Partnership Institute President Ed Corrigan, and many more.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s not controversial to require proof of citizenship and a photo ID to vote\u2014countries around the world require both!\n<\/p>\n<p>Congress must pass <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChipRoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RepChipRoy<\/a>\u2019s and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SenMikeLee<\/a>\u2019s SAVE America Act to protect our elections and our Republic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/njlKoh8SXS\">pic.twitter.com\/njlKoh8SXS<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/2020968416270561323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The memo also warns that Senate Democrats\u00a0already plan to\u00a0filibuster this bill, which is why Republicans must use the talking filibuster. \u201cA talking filibuster is one of the Senate\u2019s oldest traditions and has been used for centuries to break filibusters through physical exhaustion,\u201d the memo explains.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate is the most powerful deliberative body in the world. Over the course of American history its leaders have shown grit, determination, and procedural savvy to\u00a0accomplish\u00a0legislative aims that transformed the country. We ask this current Senate, led by Leader Thune, to do the same,\u201d the memo concluded.\n<\/p>\n<h4>Share your prayers for election integrity below.<\/h4>\n<p><em>This article was originally published at the Daily Signal. Photo Credit: USDA photo by Tom Witham.<\/em><br \/>\n&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Ahead of an expected vote on the SAVE America Act in the House, nearly\u00a0100 conservative leaders are urging the Senate\u00a0to pass the election integrity measure using the talking filibuster. Get involved in state-level prayer with IFA. \u00a0 The SAVE America Act, an updated version of the\u00a0SAVE Act, would\u00a0secure America\u2019s elections by\u00a0requiring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[206,236,2035,640,250,1301,2277,5684,6016,1834],"class_list":["post-18570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-prayer","tag-act","tag-america","tag-conservative","tag-filibuster","tag-leaders","tag-pass","tag-save","tag-talking","tag-thune","tag-urge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}