House GOP leaders break logjam after conservative revolt
The House on Tuesday finally broke an impasse that had stalled most legislative action on the floor.
Updated on: July 14, 2026 / 3:24 PM EDT / CBS News
The Senate's inability to pass the controversial voting and elections bill has frustrated Mr. Trump and hardliners in the House, who have held up other GOP priorities in response. The SAVE America Act would require proof of citizenship documentation to register to vote in federal elections and photo ID requirements to vote, among other restrictions.
Most holdouts relented on Tuesday, allowing a party-line procedural vote to move forward. The vote tees up debate and final votes on a handful of bills, including an annual appropriations bill to fund the State Department. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, plans to attach the SAVE America Act to that legislation before sending it to the Senate.
Last month, hardliners blocked a similar plan from Johnson, which would have merged the elections bill with the annual defense policy bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, before it went to the Senate.
GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, who has led the charge in the lower chamber for the SAVE America Act, said Monday that she would go along with Johnson's latest plan, as long as the elections bill is attached to "all the appropriation bills and all must-pass bills."