Trump says he won't sign any bills into law until SAVE Act passes

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

03/08/26 9:00 AM ET


President Trump on Sunday threatened to not sign any bills into law until the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act is approved by the Senate, doubling down on his push to change voting requirements ahead of the midterm elections.

“I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY – ILLNESS, DISABILITY…,” the president wrote in his Sunday morning Truth Social post.

The leader has pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to use a talking filibuster to pass the bill, which was approved by the House in February. The filibuster would force Democrats to speak continuously on the Senate floor to delay a vote on the bill. But, once they cede the floor, Republicans could circumvent the need for a 60-vote majority and pass the measure with just 51 votes.

On Sunday, Trump again urged Thune to use this tactic to get the bill across the finish line.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5773642-trump-save-act-senate-pressure/

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Good. Because there is a little thing in the Constitution that his administration refuses to read or abide by, that will have legislation passed by Congress, automatically become law after 10 days if not signed (unless it's at the end of a session and/or Congress is not in session (and they won't technically "go out of session" since they do "Pro Forma/gavel in-gavel out sessions when recessed), when it would revert to being a "pocket veto" (typically before the change to a new Congressional session at the end of a calendar year).

Article I

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Section 7.

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If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law.

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https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

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[Tim S]

1. In the words of Bugs Bunny: "What a Maroon!"

[surfered]

2. Good point

[Chasstev365]

3. Cheat for me or I'm going to hold my breathe!!!!!

[aeromanKC]

4. Um,......... oh nevermind.

[Lovie777]

5. Ok...............

it's not like shithole signs bills for the betterment of the country and citizens.

[Exp]

19. Just what I was thinking. nt

[Grins]

22. At last! Doing something for the good of the nation! NM

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. What bills? This congress does nothing.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. I guess Republican voters are shit out of luck then.

Republican voters, especially married women, prefer mail-in voting.

I wonder if married Republican Senators with wives who took their names, or with married daughters, will like the fact that their husbands/fathers will PREVENT them from voting?

Donald Trump cannot hold his breath for more than 15 seconds at this stage because there is no way this passes the US Senate with 60 votes.

[Hugin]

10. They'll simply lie...

To fit into one of the exemptions.

[QueerDuck]

8. Well... okay.

[Multichromatic]

9. I think everyone is ok with that. Please proceed Mr. Trump...

[Deminpenn]

23. True

nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Are there any significant bills pending?

Other than the SAVE act, and the supplemental appropriations bill for DHS?

This congress has sent a record low number of bills to the president, and I don’t expect that to change before the midterms, unless the debt ceiling needs to be raised or a continuing resolution is passed on the budget next fall.

I guess no more post offices will get renamed this year…

[BumRushDaShow]

25. They are marking up the FY27 appropriations bills

AND the lapsed 5-year appropriation Farm Bill, that is on its own C.R. for another year. That "extension" is an extension of the extension on the 2018 Farm Bill, the last one that was actually passed (that itself was a late version of the 2013 one that finally passed in 2014). They never did a 2023 one.

It has all the farm subsidies and food programs like SNAP, etc.

[Vinca]

12. Fine. Chances are he'd never have anything beneficial coming from a GOP Congress to sign anyway.

[J_William_Ryan]

13. "Trump says he won't sign any bills into law until SAVE Act passes"

Good.

Any measure passed by a Republican Congress shouldn’t be signed into law.

[karynnj]

14. Cutting his nose off to spite his face?

Very few bills passing the current Congress have much Democratic support. The bills he won't sign are then Republican bills.

[Qutzupalotl]

15. More like the SAVE TRUMP'S ASS Act.

He knows he'll be investigated and impeached with a Democratic Congress. This is panic masquerading as bravado.

The act as described would violate state sovereignty regarding election methods, which could be blocked by the courts as being unconstitutional.

“When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” That's still true, but only if the vote is stronger than their suppression efforts.

[FakeNoose]

16. Here's our answer: "I'm not learning your damned language!"

[AverageOldGuy]

17. If you don't play by my rules . . .

. . . I'm going to get my ball and go home.

[pat_k]

18. Will Thune comply with "Speaking Filibuster" demand?

And do they even have 50 votes + Vance for SAVE?

With a speaking filibuster if each opponent of the bill speaks for at least 12 hours, that only gets you 80 days or so (Thune can recess instead of adjourning to keep the same legislative day, and a Senator can only speak twice on the same "day"

If Thune does, the felon may regret it as the filibuster generates daily news with best bits going viral and endless speculation on how long they can go -- with highly motivated and fit Senators vying to break Bookers record.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. Add to that, no other business will occur during that "talking filibuster".

And Jeff Merkley got close to Booker's record by going 22 hours last October - Democratic Sen. Merkley of Oregon speaks for more than 22 hours to protest Trump amid shutdown

[Talitha]

20. That little punk sure likes to threaten and demand.

Quiet, Piggy.

[jgmiller]

21. If Schumer had any guts he would threaten Thune

That if he does this then he should kill the fillibuster entirely otherwise Dems will block ever single bill and nominee until 2029. Mutually assured desstruction does work well.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

24. Perfect

No DHS funding.

[CousinIT]

27. Project 2025: THE MAN votes for the family. Married women shouldn't vote.

This is THE reason for the SAVE Act: disenfranchising married women. And they won't stop there.

It's the plan. It has nothing to do with "election integrity", or "voter fraud", or "illegals voting". This bill is the first attempt to overturn the 19th Amendment.

[TBF]

28. Good. Anything republicans want to sign into law is garbage anyway. nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. trump is going to need more money for his war sooner than later

[BumRushDaShow]

31. WARS (plural)

since he is still threatening to continue "warring" in Venezuela while building up to go into Mexico, invading Ecuador, warning about an overthrow in Cuba, and I expect Greenland hasn't been taken off the table.

[Mz Pip]

30. Good

We don’t need any more of those stinking GOP bills.

[artemisia1]

32. He means the "Safeguard Republican Electoral Cheating" bill, doesn't he? /nt

[C_U_L8R]

33. Is this supposed to be a bad thing?

I swear I saw this scene in a Loony Toons cartoon.

[Ritabert]

34. At this point NOT signing any of his lame ass bills is a good thing

[mcar]

35. Ok

[MarineCombatEngineer]

36. And this is a bad thing because..........................?

[BobTheSubgenius]

37. To add huge weight to his threat, he should also threaten to....

....hold his breath until his face turns blue. Or whatever colour would be created after working its way through an orange surface.