共和党议员暗示，围绕《保护美国选民资格法案》（SAVE America Act）的辩论可能持续数周，民主党则称该法案是对选民的压制
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发布时间：2026年3月18日 美国东部时间上午6:24
得克萨斯州共和党参议员泰德·克鲁兹在《汉尼蒂》节目中讨论参议院关于《SAVE美国法案》的辩论，以及迫使民主党陷入冗长辩论的可能性。
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参议院共和党人决心打持久战，在开始控制参议院议事日程时就表明，超出上议院常规晚间事务时间的数小时辩论仅仅是个开始。
周二早些时候，共和党启动了控制参议院议事日程的计划，在随后的数小时内大力赞扬并捍卫《保护美国选民资格法案》（Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility，简称SAVE法案），而民主党则抨击该法案是选民压制工具。
但由于没有民主党支持，该法案注定会失败。而议员们预计这场马拉松式辩论可能持续数天甚至数周的投票，表明上议院不存在通过《SAVE美国法案》所需的支持。
共和党触发参议院持久战，揭露民主党反对特朗普支持的选民ID法案
犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李是该法案在上议院的提案人，也是领导与参议院共和党领导层游说以将该法案提上日程的议员。他周二深夜表示，参议院共和党人若错失此机会将是失职。
“这是我们的时刻，”李说，”坚持一个简单的原则；让美国人民看到谁愿意捍卫他们神圣的投票权，谁不愿意。”
周二下午晚些时候和晚间，多名其他议员登上议事台发言，辩论常常在议题间穿插，延伸至当天其他事务，如唐纳德·特朗普总统在伊朗的战争，或纪念在中东空中加油任务中丧生的俄亥俄州军人。
民主党指责该法案远远超出了选民ID范畴，旨在压制大量群体的投票权。
特朗普选民ID推动面临参议院考验，共和党反叛者威胁法案失败
加州民主党参议员亚历克斯·帕迪利亚在2025年6月11日华盛顿特区的新闻发布会上发言。（安德鲁·卡瓦列罗-雷诺兹/法新社/盖蒂图片社）
加州民主党参议员亚历克斯·帕迪利亚指责共和党人利用议事程序转移对其他紧迫问题的注意力。
“参议院共和党人没有专注于 affordability危机（物价危机）或试图让我们摆脱无休止的战争，而是再次执行唐纳德·特朗普的命令，”帕迪利亚说，”这一次，他们将特朗普基于阴谋论的选举掌控法案列为首要任务。”
俄勒冈州民主党参议员杰夫·默克利表示，多次调查发现”非公民投票的可能性比被闪电击中还要低”。共和党人则辩称，该法案明确旨在终结这种做法。
默克利反驳称，该立法是为了”操纵11月的选举”。
“这正是特朗普所说的——’你把这个法案给我，我的政党将赢得11月及未来所有选举，’”默克利说。
密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特正牵头推动修正案，纳入特朗普要求的多项修改。他辩称，”共和国有权区分公民与非公民。”
“这不应该有争议，”施密特说，”甚至不应该困难。投票权不是全球权利，也不是任何越境者的参与奖杯。”
参议院共和党着眼责任归咎，特朗普支持的SAVE法案走向失败
密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特正牵头推动修正案，纳入对法案的多项修改。（塞缪尔·科鲁姆/盖蒂图片社）
预计此次议事辩论将持续到未来几天。与此同时，一些共和党人认为，尽管面临60票才能阻止辩论的门槛挑战，他们仍能让参议院民主党人疲惫不堪以通过立法。
李和一批志同道合的共和党人推动参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党人）转向冗长辩论（talking filibuster）来通过《SAVE美国法案》。经过可能数周的辩论后，通过法案的门槛将降至简单多数。
尽管党内、特朗普及国会外保守派施压，这一想法已成为共和党无法统一支持的数学难题。
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然而，李周二晚上已准备好打持久战。
“让我们面对现实，反对这项法案没有合理理由，”李说，”我坚持这一点，未来几天和几周也会坚持。我已准备好度过无数个星期。我们会一直围绕这个法案直到它通过，因为美国人民值得也需要这样的结果。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字版撰写美国参议院报道的记者。
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Republicans signal no retreat on SAVE Act as marathon Senate debate kicks off
GOP lawmakers signal the debate over the SAVE America Act could last weeks as Democrats call it voter suppression
By Alex Miller
Fox News
Published March 18, 2026 6:24am EDT
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, discusses the Senate debate over the SAVE America Act and the potential of forcing Democrats into a talking filibuster on ‘Hannity.’
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Senate Republicans dug in for the long haul as they embarked on their floor takeover and signaled that the hours of debate that crept well beyond the upper chamber’s usual twilight business hours were just the beginning.
The GOP launched its plan to control the Senate floor earlier Tuesday and spent the ensuing hours lauding and defending the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act as Senate Democrats hammered the bill as a tool of voter suppression.
But without Democratic support, the bill is destined to fail. And the vote to open the marathon debate session, which lawmakers predict could last days if not weeks, was an indicator that the support did not exist in the upper chamber to pass the SAVE America Act.
GOP TRIGGERS MARATHON SENATE FIGHT TO EXPOSE DEMS’ OPPOSITION TO TRUMP-BACKED VOTER ID BILL
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was determined to make sure the Senate continued to debate his voter ID bill until it ‘damn well passes.'(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Still, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, the bill’s sponsor in the upper chamber and the lawmaker who led lobbying efforts with Senate Republican leadership to get the bill on the floor, argued late Tuesday night that Senate Republicans would be remiss to waste the opportunity ahead of them.
‘This is our moment,’ Lee said. ‘Stand for a simple principle; let the American people see who is willing to defend their sacred right to vote and who is not.’
Several other lawmakers took to the floor throughout the late afternoon and evening, with debate often weaving in and out of the topic at hand and stretching into other matters of the day, like President Donald Trump’s war in Iran or honoring the Ohio service members who died in a midair refueling mission in the Middle East.
Democrats charged that the bill went far beyond just voter ID and was designed to suppress a plethora of groups from voting.
TRUMP VOTER ID PUSH FACES SENATE TEST AS GOP REBELS THREATEN TO SINK BILL
Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat from California, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2025.(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., accused Republicans of using the floor exercise to distract from other pressing issues.
‘Instead of focusing on the affordability crisis or trying to save us from endless wars, Senate Republicans are once again doing Donald Trump’s bidding,’ Padilla said. ‘This time, they’re making his conspiracy-fueled election takeover bill their top priority.’
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said that repeated probes and investigations found that ‘you are more likely to get struck by lightning than for a noncitizen to vote.’ Republicans argue the bill is explicitly designed to end that practice.
Merkley countered that the legislation was about ‘rigging the November election.’
‘And that’s exactly what Trump said — ‘You give me [this bill, my party will win November and every other election for a long time to come,’’ Merkley said.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., who is leading an amendment to include several changes to the bill requested by Trump, argued that ‘a republic has the right to distinguish citizens from noncitizens.’
‘That should not be controversial,’ Schmitt said. ‘That should not even be difficult. The vote is not a global entitlement. The vote is not a participation trophy for anyone who happens to cross our borders.’
SENATE GOP EYES BLAME GAME AS TRUMP-BACKED SAVE ACT HEADS FOR DEFEAT
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is leading an amendment to include several changes to the bill.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
The floor debate is expected to continue for the next several days. In the meantime, some Republicans believe they can wear down Senate Democrats enough to pass the legislation, despite the challenge of the 60-vote filibuster threshold.
Lee and a cohort of like-minded Republicans pushed for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to turn to the talking filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act, which, after possibly several weeks of debate, would lower the threshold to pass the bill to a simple majority.
Despite pressure from within his conference, Trump and conservatives beyond the walls of Congress, the notion has become an insurmountable math problem that Republicans have not been able to unify behind.
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Lee, however, was ready for the long haul Tuesday night.
‘Let’s face it, there is no legitimate reason to oppose this bill,’ Lee said. ‘And I stand by that, and I will continue to stand by that in the coming days and weeks. And I’m ready for many, many weeks. We’re going to stay on this bill until it damn well passes, because the American people demand and deserve nothing less than that.’
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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