一名经常背离共和党和总统唐纳德·特朗普的参议院共和党议员宣布，她不会支持通过选民ID立法的努力。
阿拉斯加州共和党参议员莉萨·穆尔科斯基周二在X平台（原推特）上发文称，她将反对即将出台的、由特朗普和参议院保守派支持的更严格选举诚信法律的立法。她的反对凸显了参议院许多人已经承认的一个现实：如果不采取诸如废除阻挠议事规则或获得民主党支持（这显然不可能）等非凡措施，这项努力实际上从一开始就注定失败。
穆尔科斯基抨击了两项法案——《保障美国选民资格法案》（SAVE America Act）和《让选举再次伟大法案》（MEGA Act）——这两项法案是众议院正在推进的选民ID和选举诚信提案。
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阿拉斯加州共和党参议员莉萨·穆尔科斯基抨击了保守派和总统唐纳德·特朗普推动选民ID法律的企图，并将这一推动比作多年前国会民主党人所做的努力。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
她指出，当国会民主党人在2021年试图推进全面选举改革立法时，共和党人一致反对，因为这会将选举联邦化，而这是我们长期以来反对的。
穆尔科斯基表示：“现在，我看到了诸如《SAVE法案》和《MEGA法案》之类的提案，它们实际上会做到这一点。我再次表示，我不支持这些努力。”
在拜登任前总统期间，国会民主党人试图通过《约翰·刘易斯投票权法案》和《为人民法案》两项选举改革法案，但均以失败告终。
众议院共和党人推动选举改革，包含选民ID和邮寄选票变更，以应对中期选举
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2026年1月29日，总统唐纳德·特朗普抵达华盛顿特区的特朗普-肯尼迪中心，出席《梅拉尼娅》全球首映式。（斯特凡尼·雷诺兹/彭博社通过盖蒂图片社）
国会共和党人强烈反对这些努力，并当时辩称，这些法案将实际上使选举国有化，并让民主党控制全国的选举系统。
保守派重塑选举格局的努力也面临《宪法》的限制，《宪法》将选举管理机构的权力下放给州和地方官员，联邦政府几乎没有介入权。
舒默在特朗普支持的停摆方案中否决共和党推动的‘吉姆·克劳时代’选民ID法律
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2026年1月30日，参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默在美国国会大厦举行的新闻发布会上发言。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社通过盖蒂图片社）
穆尔科斯基表示：“美国宪法不仅明确规定各州有权规范联邦选举的‘时间、地点和方式’，而且华盛顿特区的一刀切指令在阿拉斯加这样的地方很少奏效。”
她继续说道：“选举日即将临近，现在在各州已深入筹备之际强加新的联邦要求，将迫使选举官员仓促遵守新政策，而可能缺乏必要资源，这将对选举诚信产生负面影响。确保公众对我们选举的信任是我们民主的核心，但联邦越权并不是实现这一目标的途径。”
她的反对回应是在特朗普呼吁共和党将选举国有化之际。众议院共和党人正准备就《SAVE美国法案》进行投票，而一批参议院共和党人正试图将该法案提上参议院议程。
包括参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党人）在内的几名参议院共和党人已经公开反对特朗普将选举国有化的呼吁。但共和党人中公开反对选民ID努力的人寥寥无几。
但考虑到参议院的政治现实，在没有纽约州参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默和参议院民主党人支持的情况下，60票的阻挠议事门槛是无法逾越的，因此该法案很可能会夭折。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字版的记者，报道美国参议院新闻。
A Senate Republican who has routinely broken from the GOP and President Donald Trump announced that she wouldn’t support efforts to pass voter ID legislation.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said in a post on X on Tuesday that she would oppose forthcoming legislation that would enact more stringent election integrity laws backed by both Trump and conservatives in the upper chamber. Her opposition underscores a reality many in the Senate already acknowledge: without extraordinary steps such as nuking the filibuster or support from Democrats (a non-starter), the effort is effectively dead on arrival.
Murkowski panned a pair of bills — the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act, dubbed the SAVE America Act, and the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act — two voter ID and election integrity proposals making their way through the House.
REPUBLICANS, TRUMP RUN INTO SENATE ROADBLOCK ON VOTER ID BILL
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, panned conservatives’ and President Donald Trump’s desire to pass voter ID laws and likened the push to one made by congressional Democrats years ago.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
She noted that when congressional Democrats “attempted to advance sweeping election reform legislation in 2021, Republicans were unanimous in opposition because it would have federalized elections, something we have long opposed.”
“Now, I’m seeing proposals such as the SAVE Act and MEGA that would effectively do just that. Once again, I do not support these efforts,” Murkowski said.
Congressional Democrats under former President Joe Biden tried and failed to enact two election reform bills, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSH ELECTION OVERHAUL WITH VOTER ID, MAIL-IN BALLOT CHANGES AHEAD OF MIDTERMS
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President Donald Trump arrives for the world premiere of “Melania” at the Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2026.(Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Congressional Republicans strongly opposed those efforts, and argued at the time that the bills would effectively nationalize elections and give Democrats control of the election system across the country.
Conservatives’ bid to reshape the election landscape also runs into the Constitution, which delegates election authorities to state and local officials and gives the federal government little input.
SCHUMER NUKES GOP PUSH FOR ‘JIM CROW-ERA’ VOTER ID LAWS IN TRUMP-BACKED SHUTDOWN PACKAGE
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 30, 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Not only does the U.S. Constitution clearly provide states the authority to regulate the ‘times, places, and manner’ of holding federal elections, but one-size-fits-all mandates from Washington, D.C., seldom work in places like Alaska,” Murkowski said.
“Election Day is fast approaching,” she continued. “Imposing new federal requirements now, when states are deep into their preparations, would negatively impact election integrity by forcing election officials to scramble to adhere to new policies, likely without the necessary resources. Ensuring public trust in our elections is at the core of our democracy, but federal overreach is not how we achieve this.”
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Her pushback comes as Trump has called on the GOP to nationalize elections. House Republicans are gearing up to vote on the SAVE America Act and a cohort of Senate Republicans are eying ways to get the bill onto the Senate floor.
Several Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., have come out against Trump’s call to nationalize elections. But public opposition to the voter ID efforts among Republicans is few and far between.
But given the political reality of the Senate, where the 60-vote filibuster threshold is an impossible bar to overcome without Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats’ support, the bill will likely die.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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