Vice President Vance Leaves Meeting With Speaker Johnson, Then Makes Bombshell Announcement On SAVE America Act
Vance, Johnson Meet To Push SAVE Act Through Senate
A renewed push to pass one of President Donald Trump’s top legislative priorities appears to be gaining momentum after Vice President JD Vance met Wednesday with House Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss a strategy that supporters hope could overcome Senate gridlock.
The meeting comes after months of stalled negotiations and signals that the White House is continuing to search for a path to enact the SAVE America Act before the 2026 midterm elections.
Vance joined Johnson during a House Republican conference meeting Wednesday to discuss the GOP’s latest reconciliation package, which Republican leaders have described as their best opportunity to advance the SAVE America Act with a simple Senate majority if procedural hurdles can be cleared.
Under the strategy, Republicans hope to use the budget reconciliation process, allowing certain legislation to pass the Senate with 51 votes instead of the usual 60.
If the Senate were split 50-50, Vice President Vance could cast the tie-breaking vote under the Constitution.
Speaking alongside Johnson, Vance argued the legislation is necessary to strengthen election integrity.
“In certain jurisdictions, illegal aliens are casting ballots,” Vance said.
He also criticized states that limit or prohibit certain voter identification requirements.
“There are a lot of big blue states that make that impossible — will in fact criminalize the act of asking for an ID in order to vote,” Vance said.
“Why would you criminalize asking for an ID in order to vote unless you wanted to encourage and promote cheating?”
Vance added that election integrity remains a top priority for the administration.
“So this is an important priority for the administration but more importantly it’s an important priority for the American people to save our elections. The way you save America is by bringing election integrity. It’s something that matters.”
He also criticized congressional Democrats for opposing the legislation.
“It’s a shame that the Democrats aren’t going to help us get this done given that a majority of Democrat voters actually want us to have election integrity in this country.”
🚨 JUST IN: VP JD Vance just met with Speaker Johnson on FORCING the SAVE America Act into legislation that only needs 50 VOTES + JD to break the tie
“In certain jurisdictions, illegal aliens are casting BALLOTS!”
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 15, 2026
The SAVE America Act would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections and would require voters to present identification when casting ballots in federal races.
Republican leaders have repeatedly described the legislation as one of President Trump’s highest legislative priorities.
Earlier this month, Johnson said House Republicans viewed reconciliation as their strongest opportunity to move the bill through Congress.
Even after the House approved the package, however, the proposal still faces procedural questions in the Senate.
Several Republican senators have acknowledged that portions of the SAVE America Act, as currently written, may not comply with the Senate’s Byrd Rule governing budget reconciliation.
Lawmakers have discussed modifying the legislation—including possible grant-based incentives for states—to improve its chances of surviving parliamentary review.
Democrats have opposed the legislation, arguing it could create barriers for eligible voters who do not readily have documentary proof of citizenship.
Republicans counter that the measure is necessary to protect the integrity of federal elections.
Whether the reconciliation strategy ultimately succeeds will depend on both the Senate parliamentarian’s rulings and whether Republican leaders can unite enough votes to move the legislation through the narrowly divided Senate.
For now, Wednesday’s meeting demonstrated that the White House is continuing to make the SAVE America Act a central legislative priority as Republicans search for a viable path to President Trump’s desk before the next national election.
Letitia 'No One's Above the Law' James Just Got Sued And You Won't Stop Clapping
Letitia ‘No One’s Above the Law’ James Just Got Sued And You Won’t Stop Clapping
New York Attorney General Letitia James loves to sermonize that “No one is above the law,” but her record shows she really means “No one named Trump is above my political agenda.” Her entire campaign was a single-issue crusade built on the promise to “Get Trump,” and she delivered by filing a bizarre, victimless “fraud” case against him that even the banks involved openly rejected. Not one financial institution claimed harm. Not one lender said they wouldn’t do business with him again.
But that didn’t stop Judge Arthur Engoron—whose bias was obvious from the bench—from imposing an eye-watering, politically convenient fine of nearly half a billion dollars. It was so grotesquely disproportionate that an appeals court finally tossed it in August, delivering a much-needed reality check to James’s lawfare spectacle.
That’s Letitia James in a nutshell—always pushing the ethical limits, always using the weight of her office to intimidate anyone she marks as a political foe. Bullying isn’t an unfortunate byproduct of her approach; it is her approach.
So it’s hardly shocking that a school board chair in New York is now suing the attorney general, accusing James of threatening to oust board members who refused to bow to the progressive orthodoxy on allowing biological men into women’s sports:
The alleged threats came in a “guidance letter” [from James] that warned of the removal of any school board member who uses the wrong pronoun for a trans person, or if they allow students to publicly speak out at school board meetings about their fears and discomfort with student trans athletes using the wrong locker room for their biological sex.
A plaintiff in the suit, Massapequa Union Free School District Board Chair Kerry Wachter, alleged she was told that James’ office instructed her to mute and dismiss any board meeting speaker that expressed views opposing trans athletes in girls’ locker rooms and sports.
Massapequa Union Free School District Board Chair Kerry Wachter, alleged she was told that James' office instructed her to mute and dismiss any board meeting speaker that expressed views opposing trans athletes in girls' locker rooms and sports.
Wachter says James’ intimidation tactics are designed to intimidate her and others into silence:
“They’re saying if we allow this discussion in our board meetings, she can come in and remove us from the board,” Wachter told Fox News Digital. “They want me to stop public comment and stop them from speaking.”
Wachter added that trans students were not being directly named in any board meetings, and conversations were only based around the feelings and concerns of female students.
James claimed that school board members can be removed when “they willfully neglect their duty or violate legal protections for students in their districts.” She went on to add that the state’s Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) bars harassment and bullying.
Nevertheless, Attorney Kim Hermann from the Southeastern Legal Foundation has a note for James – There is an important constitutional principle known as the First Amendment.
“The First Amendment here reigns true, and so whether or not you have these state laws, a state cannot come in and just erase the First Amendment out of the Constitution,” Hermann said, per Fox News. “Whether or not statements and discussions about transgender and these different policies actually violate those state laws is absolutely irrelevant for what we’re talking about in this lawsuit.
James has shown time and again that she’s not an impartial public servant but a partisan enforcer, eager to weaponize her office against anyone who lands on her enemies list. She doesn’t just stretch her authority — she twists it into a political bludgeon.
If there’s any justice left in New York, this lawsuit will stick and finally force some accountability. Frankly, it’s long past time someone pushed back.
