Will SAVE Act Pass Before Midterms?

**SPEAKER_1** (0:03)
Ninety-nine days. Nine, nine.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:06)
Ninety-nine days, but a midterm isn't here yet.

**SPEAKER_1** (0:10)
Ninety-nine days until the midterms.
I mean, I don't under... I do get it. I understand why this... It's hard getting this SAVE Act passed, but at the same time, I don't get it, because voter ID is a nonpartisan issue. So the SAVE America Act is pretty simple. It's, you know, on the federal level, just proving you're a citizen when you register to vote and actually showing your ID when you go to vote. Pretty simple. And it's a nonpart... Democrats are for voter ID, Republicans are for voter ID, in terms of when we're talking about the citizens here, the United States. Yeah, you got to be a citizen when you register to vote, and you got to show an ID when you go to the ballot box.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:56)
Even if you're doing mail-in, you have to provide proof that you're a citizen.
Now, for whatever reason, this has blown the mind of a lot of Republicans in the Senate. Not necessarily the House so much, but the Senate, where Republican dreams go to die. And this is the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans.
Yes, the Democrats may have a little civil war going on right now, but if it came down to trying to screw the Republicans, they would have the votes and they would get it done. The Republicans, on the other hand, oh, baby, you've got so many different issues. You've got, well, Murkowski does it like this, or Collins' feelings hurt. Well, Cocaine Mitch is dead, allegedly. I mean, there's so much crap going on. And this is with Federman siding with you guys. It seems like Federman, when the rubber meets the road, is going to vote with you guys. But you still can't get there. You can't get to the point to where JD. Vance could be the tie-breaking vote, because that's the difference between Republicans and Democrats. Democrats play to win. Republicans want to be nice.
I don't want to be nice. I want the speech from Roadhouse. Be nice until it's time to not be nice. And then kick somebody in the throat wearing too tight jeans.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:18)
It could never be too tight in Roadhouse. Those suckers are painted on.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:22)
Well, I don't know. Some of those jeans on Patrick Swayze right there made for an uncomfortable watch.
And here's the other thing. If you think the Senate wants to work when they got a recess coming up, you got another thing coming, pal.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:37)
Oh, boy.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:39)
The US Senate will be out of town and on recess for 84% of the month of August.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:48)
Yeah.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:48)
There are a handful of Republicans, though, that are like, maybe we should stay and try to get this thing done.
Senator Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, who's taken over his seat on an interim basis, she's on board. Then you've got Mike Lee, Rick Scott, Ashley Moody, and from Indiana, Jim Banks. He went on Fox this weekend and talked a little bit about the Save America Act and the midterms.

**Jim Banks** (3:17)
Well, this is the fifth time the House has passed the Save America Act. I'm frustrated too. The Senate should abandon the so-called traditions and the filibuster rules, nuke the filibuster, do whatever it takes to pass the Save America Act. I think the NDAA and the upcoming reconciliation package that the House is going to send over to the Senate are the best opportunities that we have to pass Save America Act requiring voter ID. The NDAA is very important for our troops in our military. And by the way, Democrats are blocking funding for our military at a time when we need to replenish our munitions stockpiles and support our military. So that's the perfect bill to put the Save America Act in. The Democrats are all against it. We don't want to support our military, and the Democrats don't want voter ID. So let's put every Republican on the record in support of it, and pass it, and save this country, and head into the midterms with the best hand that we have to keep the majorities in the House and the Senate. I fear what will happen if we don't pass the Save America Act on election day in the midterm elections.

**SPEAKER_1** (4:21)
You got a lot of work to do, like the Senator from Indiana, Jim Banks, was just saying that you got a lot of work to do before we get to that majority. I mean, nuking the filibuster is a big, big deal.
Because even if you don't, even if you just have a simple majority, I don't know that the Republicans have the votes.