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Four GOP Senators Block SAVE America Amendment, Thune Pauses

4/23/2026

Center

Republican Senators Reject

Four Republican senators—Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, and Mitch McConnell—voted against the John Kennedy amendment.
The John Kennedy amendment to attach the SAVE America Act failed in the Senate on April 23, 48-50.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he will consider the bill after immigration-enforcement funding.
Representative Anna Paulina Luna’s claim Thune no longer considers the bill was rated mostly false.

Left

Thune Reviews Bill

The SAVE America Act would require voters to present a passport or birth certificate, potentially disenfranchising millions.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced he will review the SAVE America Act after addressing immigration-enforcement funding.
The bill would limit mail-in voting, hurting voters, and ban transgender athletes and gender-affirming care.
In December 2025 ICE detained Dulce Consuelo Díaz Morales after DHS rejected certificate, causing 25 days detention.

Blindspot

Center coverage highlighted internal Republican opposition and vote counts, noting that Senators Collins, Murkowski, Tillis, and McConnell voted against the amendment and that the House passed the bill 218-213, which Left coverage omitted.
Center coverage also reported the false-rating of Rep. Luna’s claim and betting-market odds on passage, details not mentioned by Left.

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Republican Senators Reject

Four Republican senators—Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, and Mitch McConnell—voted against the John Kennedy amendment.
The John Kennedy amendment to attach the SAVE America Act failed in the Senate on April 23, 48-50.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he will consider the bill after immigration-enforcement funding.
Representative Anna Paulina Luna’s claim Thune no longer considers the bill was rated mostly false.

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