Rarely is there a political issue like the Save America Act, which is extremely popular with the American people, but lacks support in the upper house of Congress. The Save America Act, if voted into law, would put an end to most vote fraud and election irregularities in America. About 80 percent of voters support the bill, yet it has less than 50 percent support from U.S. Senators.
It is obvious why there is overwhelming support from the people for this legislation. Election integrity is the DNA of America. The legitimacy and moral authority of the country come only from the people who express their preferences for their local, state, and national government officials through free and fair elections. When there is vote fraud and election irregularities, the moral authority of government is compromised, causing the people to disrespect and distrust their own government.
The moral authority of United States is also critical in maintaining regional and world order and peace. The most crucial factor in prevailing against corrupt regimes and dictatorial foreign governments is often the moral authority of the United States. When the U.S. loses it moral authority, as it did during the Biden administration, the deterrent power of the United States is compromised and foreign adversaries are emboldened.
Key provisions of this bill require that all registering to vote would present documentary proof of citizenship such as a national voter photo ID paired with a certified birth certificate; that ongoing voter roll maintenance would include purges on ineligible names; that there would be restrictions on mail-in and online voter registration; and that private citizens would be empowered to sue election officials for failing to uphold election law.
The original bill, known as H.R. 7296, was introduced by Rep. Chip Roy and passed in the House in January 2026. That such a bill with overwhelming support by the people is opposed by so many in the Senate provides an enormous opportunity to end the unconstitutional Senate rule of the filibuster and to bring in stronger leaders in the upper chamber by primarying and defeating weak and compromised Senators who equivocate on election integrity.
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On the unconstitutional nature of the filibuster consider that the founders’ belief in the sovereignty of the people was inextricably linked not only to honest elections, but also governance based on majority rule. President Trump was given a mandate in the 2024 presidential election on his bold America First Agenda (AFA). Much of the AFA has made it through the House but has been stalled and died in the Senate because of the filibuster rule.
The filibuster has a controversial beginning. It was first used in 1837 and became more common by the 1840s to obstruct legislation, notably by Southern senators defending slavery. Had there been no filibuster tradition slavery could have ended sooner and without a bloody Civil War.
The United States now faces a new internal war that is every bit as divisive and potentially more deadly than the Civil War. Enemies of America operating under the Red-Green alliance of the Communist Chinese and radical Islamist groups have been pursuing unrestricted warfare against and within the United States by a variety of tactics that include infiltration, elite capture, biological and chemical (drug) warfare, intellectual property theft, exploitation of America’s welfare state and the purchase and occupation of American lands—all of which are directed at weakening and subverting the United States. Consider the recent theft of billions by welfare fraud orchestrated by Somalis (many of whom came in as illegal immigrants), and complicit select Minnesota state government officials.
The impasse on the Save America Act is a timely catalyst for Republicans to end the filibuster and adopt a simple majority rule to advance and pass legislation. Ending the filibuster now is necessary because the Democrat Party is an obstructionist party -- a lawless extra-constitutional party that is committed to sabotaging President Trump and his America First agenda of deporting all illegal aliens, establishing energy independence, destroying drug cartels, reforming and downsizing the federal bureaucracy, protecting traditional values and parental rights, defending religious liberty and protecting female-only sports. Democrats now appear more comfortable embracing the George Soros-funded “hate America” crowd of antifa than they are inclined to find any common ground with Republicans. And without spiritual revival, there is little or no prospect of that changing any time soon.
And does anyone think for a moment that the Democrats would not end the filibuster if they take control of the Senate in 2026? Of course they will. So preemptive action to end the filibuster now is needed.
Real leadership is doing what is necessary to save the country from enemies both foreign and domestic. One of the most important priorities right now is delivering on the unfinished initiative of fixing the integrity of our national elections by mandating voter IDs, one-day vote casting and counting, and replacing voting machines with paper ballots.
In the end, voter turnout for true Republican patriot candidates is the key and final factor for which there is no substitute.
Scott S. Powell is senior fellow at Discovery Institute and a member of the Committee on the Present Danger-China. His timeless book, Rediscovering America, was a #1 Amazon New Release in the history genre for eight weeks. Reach him at scottp@discovery.org
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