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2026年2月，参议员汤姆·蒂利斯与媒体成员交谈。
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周四，参议员汤姆·蒂利斯抨击了为通过《SAVE美国法案》而废除参议院阻挠议事规则的言论，称这是一个“愚蠢且懒政的想法”，并警告其所在政党：试图通过所谓的“冗长辩论阻挠议事”来推动总统的优先立法，将会把控制权拱手让给民主党。
“我已经明确表示，我绝不会投票支持这种做法。废除阻挠议事规则是政客们为追求短期利益而提出的愚蠢且懒政的想法，这会以对我们国家造成无法弥补的长期损害为代价。”蒂利斯在一份声明中表示。
这位即将卸任的北卡罗来纳州共和党议员发表上述言论之际，参议院正就该法案展开马拉松式辩论，预计辩论将持续到周末，尽管该法案最终很可能会失败。作为唐纳德·特朗普总统的主要立法优先事项之一，该法案要求选民在联邦选举中出示身份证件和美国公民身份证明，但它缺乏通过所需的支持票数。
蒂利斯一直公开反对任何试图强行通过该法案的举动。
他一直坚决反对改变参议院长期以来的规则，以便在这个席位高度分化的参议院中更容易推动总统的议程。他还辩称，那些推动“冗长辩论阻挠议事”的同事和其他人“要么完全信息闭塞，要么故意误导美国民众”。
“所谓的‘冗长辩论阻挠议事’实际上会让查克·舒默成为新的参议院多数党领袖，使民主党能够阻挠特朗普提名的每一位法官和行政部门官员，并允许他们就任何自己想通过的事项进行无休止的投票。民主党将控制美国参议院的议事日程直至年底。”他表示。
曾共同赞助该法案早期版本的蒂利斯警告称，一些农村人口较多的州严重依赖邮寄投票，而他认为该法案可能会损害这些州选民参与选举的能力。
“虽然我支持加强邮寄选票的完整性，但像犹他州、佛罗里达州、阿拉斯加州和蒙大拿州这样的许多州，都依赖邮寄选票来进行选举，我们不应该彻底颠覆各州已经安全开展选举的现有方式。”他表示，“即使这个问题得到解决，《SAVE美国法案》仍然不会获得通过所需的60票。”
最终，他认为，将时间浪费在一项缺乏足够票数支持的法案上，是对参议院议事时间的不当使用。
“解决美国民众对选举信心下降的唯一真正途径，是两党在立法上找到共同点，支持普遍采用选民身份证明、公民身份证明以及其他重要的选举诚信措施。”他说。
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GOP senator warns gutting Senate filibuster to pass SAVE America Act is a ‘foolish and lazy idea’
Published Mar 19, 2026, 5:34 PM ET / CNN Politics
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Senator Thom Tillis speaks to members of the media in February.
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Sen. Thom Tillis on Thursday blasted talk of ending the Senate filibuster to pass the “SAVE America Act” as a “foolish and lazy idea” and warned his party that pushing the president’s priority through the so-called talking filibuster would hand control to Democrats.
“I have made it crystal clear that I will never vote to do this. Eliminating the filibuster is a foolish and lazy idea pushed by politicians seeking short-term gain at the expense of causing irreparable long-term harm to our nation,” Tillis said in a statement.
The retiring North Carolina Republican’s comments come as the Senate is locked in marathon debate over the legislation that is expected to extend into the weekend, though the bill is expected to fail in the end. One of President Donald Trump’s top legislative priorities, the bill would require voters to show ID and proof of US citizenship in federal elections, but it doesn’t have the support needed to pass.
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Tillis has been vocal in his opposition to any attempt to try and force the bill through the Senate.
He’s consistently been against changing long-held Senate rules to make it easier to pass the president’s agenda through the narrowly divided chamber. And he argued that his colleagues and others who are pushing a “talking filibuster” are “either completely misinformed or intentionally misleading the American people.”
“A ‘talking filibuster’ would effectively make Chuck Schumer the new Senate Majority Leader, allowing Democrats to block every single Trump judge and executive branch nominee, and allow them to force endless votes on anything they want. Democrats would control the floor of the U.S. Senate until the end of the year,” he said.
Tillis, who co-sponsored an earlier version of the bill, warned that some states with more rural populations rely heavily on mail-in voting and he said this version could harm their voters’ ability to participate in elections.
“While I support strengthening mail-in ballot integrity, many states like Utah, Florida, Alaska, and Montana rely on the use of mail-in ballots to conduct their elections, and we should not be completely upending how states already securely conduct their elections,” he said. “Even if this issue is fixed, the SAVE America Act still will not have the 60 votes required to pass it.”
Ultimately, he argued, focusing on a bill that doesn’t have the votes is a misuse of the Senate’s time.
“The only real path to address the American people’s declining confidence in our elections is for both parties to find common ground on legislation that supports universal adoption of voter ID, proof of citizenship, and other vital election integrity measures,” he said.
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