Darline Graham Bucks John Thune, Says She’ll Stay In Town Until SAVE America Act Passes

Daily Caller Darline Graham Bucks John Thune, Says She’ll Stay In Town Until SAVE America Act Passes https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/27/-darline-graham-bucks-john-thune-says-shell-stay-in-town-until-save-america-act-passes 2026-07-27T18:00:30.305Z Republican South Carolina Sen.

Darline Graham said Monday she would object to a summer recess so the Senate could vote to pass the Safeguard America Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.

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President Donald Trump and other Republican senators also called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the upcoming recess. (RELATED: Trump, 3 GOP Senators Tell John Thune To Keep Senate Open Until SAVE ACT Is Passed) “President Trump is 100% correct. Thom Tillis said attempts to pass it were a “waste of time.” Graham was sworn in on July 14 to replace her late brother, former Republican South Carolina Sen.

Trump canceled the signing of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act because the Senate had not passed the SAVE America Act. Before his passing, Graham introduced an amendment to attach the SAVE America Act to the Secure America Act, a reconciliation package signed into law on June 10.

"I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August — at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act — and hereby request a roll call vote," Lee said on X.

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The upper chamber could vote on Graham’s bill, the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, by Thursday. He threatened to oppose reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) if the SAVE America Act was not attached. And there are three races on the 2026 map that are troubling for the Senate GOP in its quest to maintain its majority: Maine, Alaska and Ohio. "It's still likely to be a 60-vote exercise, even if it's done with a budget resolution," Thune told Fox News Digital.

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Graham said the SAVE America Act was “top priority” and she would remain in Washington, D.C., to see it passed. Jim Banks of Indiana, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Ashley Moody and Rick Scott of Florida also called on the recess to be canceled. Thune repeatedly said the chamber lacked the necessary votes to pass the SAVE America Act, while Republican North Carolina Sen.

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Still, Trump has warned that unless the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, they will suffer the consequences at the ballot box, and he has routinely called for the elimination of the filibuster for many of his priorities, but neither has the votes to happen in the upper chamber. He’s threatened to hold the House-passed budget resolution that would, among other things, set up a rough framework to pass the SAVE America Act through budget reconciliation.