作者：查德·佩格拉姆 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月26日 美国东部时间上午10:25
福克斯新闻首席国会记者查德·佩格拉姆报道，参议院未能就国土安全部拨款达成协议，共和党人指责民主党人在《特别报道》中”改变目标”。
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父母不会承认自己有最喜欢的孩子。
但他们确实有。
立法者也是如此。
他们不会承认自己有最喜欢的法案。
但他们确实有。
这就是为什么《SAVE美国法案》是参议院共和党人的心头好。
直到现在不是了。
特朗普要求将《SAVE美国法案》与国土安全部拨款挂钩，因机场陷入混乱
犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李（Mike Lee）于2025年9月10日在支持《SAVE法案》的集会上与嘉宾交谈。（Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images）
在某个时刻，立法者们将达成一项资助美国国土安全部（DHS）的协议。可能是今天，明天，一周后，一个月后。但它终将到来。在此之前，参议院可能会搁置《SAVE美国法案》——该法案要求投票时必须出示公民身份证明。
参议院在此停滞不前，部分原因是他们无事可做。但主要原因是，《SAVE美国法案》是共和党议员的”心头好”——至少目前是。让参议院看起来在推进唐纳德·特朗普总统立法议程的标志性法案，对他们来说是个不错的政治姿态——即使该法案几乎没有通过的可行路径。
当参议院最终达成国土安全部拨款协议时，它很可能会抛弃这个”心头好”。国土安全部法案将迅速成为共和党议员的新宠。
这并非因为共和党议员不爱《SAVE美国法案》，而是因为他们更爱资助国土安全部。
那么，为什么参议院在通过国土安全部拨款后不立即重新审议《SAVE美国法案》呢？因为参议员们会有另一个”心头好”：国会休会。没错，如果达成国土安全部拨款协议，议员们将离开华盛顿大约两周，庆祝复活节和逾越节。
参议院日后还会重新审议《SAVE美国法案》。但该法案很可能会被归类为”失宠法案”，即被送往”预算调节”（budget reconciliation）程序的”弃儿”。
这一点我们稍后再谈。
是的，共和党人热衷于谈论选民身份证的重要性以及确保选举安全，防止非法入境者投票。但如果足够多的共和党人真的喜欢《SAVE美国法案》，他们就有足够的票数通过该法案。
参议院已经就《SAVE美国法案》进行了超过一周的辩论，但共和党人几乎没有成果。除非你把参议院阻止一项禁止男性参加女子体育比赛的修正案投票算作成果。周六下午的测试投票仅获得49票赞成。
几周来，每个人都清楚投票结果的情况。
“我告诉你，《SAVE美国法案》不会通过，”伊利诺伊州民主党参议员迪克·德宾（Dick Durbin）表示，”除非参议院改变规则，否则不可能通过。”
桑恩指责批评者在《SAVE美国法案》停滞不前引发的反弹中’制造虚假期望’
迪克·德宾参议员于2025年6月5日在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦外举行新闻发布会。（Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images）
据记录，参议院同样缺乏改变规则所需的票数。
共和党人并非不支持《SAVE美国法案》，而是机场排队和恐怖主义风险让他们忧心忡忡。
《SAVE美国法案》已成为参议院共和党人的一场”秀场”。他们可以让民主党人表态反对男子参加女子体育比赛和选民身份证法案。共和党全国参议院委员会（NRSC）——负责选举共和党人进入参议院的机构——非常乐意通过唱名投票记录民主党人的立场，记录他们对这些问题的看法。然而，共和党人显然缺乏通过该法案所需的票数。
此外，现在终于有机会结束长期的政府停摆。立法的”高速公路”上只有有限的出口。你必须看懂地图。共和党人不想错过这个出口。同样，国会休会的机会也有限。
共和党人即将进行的动作，比雷·盖伊（Ray Guy，NFL历史最佳弃踢手）的表现更令人失望。
“我们已经为此战斗了两周，”蒙大拿州共和党参议员史蒂夫·戴恩斯（Steve Daines）在福克斯新闻上说，”复活节休会后，这一切还会继续。”
该法案的一些支持者承诺不会退缩。
“我们正全力以赴做公众希望我们做的事。我们必须确保选举安全，”佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特（Rick Scott）表示。
“那么，为什么我们没有看到像新泽西州民主党参议员科里·布克（Cory Booker）那样的议员进行25小时的连续演讲，以确保参议院全天候开会呢？”我问道。
众议院保守派对参议院共和党人与白宫交易在《SAVE法案》斗争中爆发愤怒
新泽西州民主党参议员科里·布克于2025年11月14日在新罕布什尔州政治研究所接受福克斯新闻数字版采访。（Paul Steinhauser/Fox News）
“我认为我们应该尽一切努力，”斯科特回答。
一些共和党人表示，他们的团队把期望定得太高了。
“我认为，任何时候你承诺了你无法兑现的事情，你都必须为此负责，”北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（Thom Tillis）表示，”当你甚至还没进入赛场就对民众说’我在为你奋斗’，这是虚伪的。”
因此，共和党人将试图在今年晚些时候将《SAVE美国法案》的所有可能组成部分塞进一项”预算调节”法案中。”试图”是关键词。预算调节是一种特殊程序，不受阻挠议事限制，只需简单多数即可通过。听起来不错，对吧？但预算调节是参议院专门用于处理财政和税收问题的”精英”程序，不涉及像选民身份证这样的政策议题。如果共和党人试图将选民身份证条款塞进该法案，参议院议事负责人（议会规则专家伊丽莎白·麦克多诺）可能会反对。
“正如我之前所说，预算调节必须有正当理由，”南达科他州共和党参议院多数党领袖约翰·桑恩（John Thune）表示，”显然，议会规则专家在这个过程中发挥作用。过去，我们一直尊重这一点，我希望未来也会如此。”
如果他们诚实一点，很少有共和党人认为通过预算调节来挽救《SAVE美国法案》的部分内容是可行的。
“我认为通过预算调节无法通过选民身份证条款，”南卡罗来纳州共和党参议院预算委员会主席林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham）表示。
“《SAVE美国法案》不符合预算调节的条件，”马里兰州共和党众议院自由党团主席安迪·哈里斯（Andy Harris）表示，”它永远无法通过议会规则专家的审查，因为它本质上是一项政策法案。”
“这是虚假的，”俄亥俄州共和党众议员沃伦·戴维森（Warren Davidson）评价任何试图将《SAVE美国法案》塞进预算调节的”碰运气”行为，”这行不通。”
“冗长的阻挠议事是通过该法案最明显、最可靠的方式，”德克萨斯州共和党众议员布兰登·吉尔（Brandon Gill）表示，”参议院不应该依赖这种调节。他们需要履行职责，通过这项法案。”
但参议院共和党人尚未表现出愿意为通过该法案而让参议院一直开会，直到他们耗尽对手耐心的意愿。目前继续讨论该法案只是为了议会便利，尤其是在周末关于男子参加女子体育比赛的投票之后。
参议院最终会继续前进，议员们也会继续拥抱另一个立法”心头好”。
查德·佩格拉姆目前担任福克斯新闻频道（FNC）的首席国会记者。他于2007年9月加入该网络，总部设在华盛顿特区。
Reporter’s Notebook: Senate Republicans say SAVE America Act lacks the votes to pass | Fox News
By Chad Pergram | Fox News
Published March 26, 2026 10:25am EDT
Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the Senate’s failure to reach a Homeland Security funding deal as Republicans accuse Democrats of moving the ‘goalposts’ on ‘Special Report.’
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Parents won’t admit that they have a favorite child.
But they do.
The same is true with lawmakers.
They won’t admit they have a favorite bill.
But they do.
That’s why the SAVE America Act is the favorite bill of Senate Republicans.
Until it isn’t.
TRUMP DEMANDS SAVE AMERICA ACT BE TIED TO DHS FUNDING AMID AIRPORT CHAOS
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, talks with a guest during a rally in support of the SAVE Act on Sept. 10, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
At some point, lawmakers will forge a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It could be today. Tomorrow. A week. A month. But it will happen. And until then, the Senate likely squats on the SAVE America Act, which requires proof of citizenship to vote.
The Senate is stalled here, partly because it lacks anything else to do. But mostly because the SAVE America Act is the “favorite child” of Republican senators — for now. It’s good optics for the Senate to look like it’s working on the hallmark of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda — even if it has no viable path to passage.
And when the Senate eventually secures that DHS agreement, it will likely ditch its favorite child. The DHS bill will quickly matriculate in status to Republican senators.
It’s not that GOP senators loved the SAVE America Act less. But that they loved funding DHS more.
So why wouldn’t the Senate quickly revert to the SAVE America Act as soon as it passes DHS funding? Well, that’s because senators will acquire another favorite child: congressional recess. That’s right. If there’s a DHS deal, lawmakers will abandon Washington for about two weeks to observe Easter and Passover.
Senators will wrestle with the SAVE America Act again down the road. But the measure is likely relegated to the island of misfit toys for legislation. Something called “budget reconciliation.”
More on that in a moment.
Yes. Republicans relish talking about the importance of voter ID and securing elections so persons illegally in the country can’t cast ballots. But if enough Republicans really liked the SAVE America Act, they’d have the votes to pass the measure.
The Senate has incinerated more than a week of debate on the SAVE America Act. Republicans have little to show for their efforts. That is, unless you include the Senate blocking a proposed amendment to bar men from competing in women’s sports. That test vote secured a paltry 49 yeas Saturday afternoon.
Everyone has known where the vote count stands on this for weeks now.
“I’m telling you, the SAVE (America) Act is not going to pass,” said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. “They have to change the rules of the Senate for that to happen.”
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Sen. Dick Durbin during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2025.(Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
And, for the record, the Senate lacks the votes to alter the rules, too.
It’s not that Republicans didn’t embrace the SAVE America Act. It’s just that lines at the airports and the risk of terrorism worry them.
The SAVE America Act has emerged as a messaging exercise for Senate Republicans. They can get Democrats on the record about opposing bans on men in women’s sports and voter ID. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) — the panel charged with electing GOPers to the Senate — is more than happy to document Democrats via a roll call vote how they feel about those subjects. However, the GOP simply lacks the votes to pass the bill.
Moreover, there is finally an opportunity to end the protracted government shutdown. There are only so many exits on the legislative interstate. You have to be able to read a map. Republicans don’t want to miss this exit. The limited interstate exits also apply to opportunities for congressional recesses.
Republicans are about to punt more than Ray Guy.
“We have had this battle now for two weeks,” said Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., on Fox. “This is going to continue after we get back. After the Easter break.”
Some advocates of the bill promise they won’t retreat.
“We’re busting our butt to do what the public wants us to do. We’ve got to secure our elections,” said Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.
“Then why haven’t we seen a 25-hour speech, Sen. Cory Booker [D-N.J.] style, by somebody to keep the Senate in session around the clock?” asked yours truly.
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Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey is interviewed by Fox News Digital at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, in Manchester on Nov. 14, 2025.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
“I think we ought to do everything we can,” replied Scott.
Some Republicans say their side raised expectations too high.
“I think anytime you promise something you can’t possibly deliver, you’ve got to be held accountable,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. “It’s disingenuous to go out to the people and say ‘I’m fighting for you’ when you haven’t even entered the ring.”
So Republicans will try to shoehorn every possible component of the SAVE America Act into a “budget reconciliation” bill later this year. “Try” is the key word. Budget reconciliation is a special process, inoculated from a filibuster and only needs a simple majority to pass. Sounds great, right? But budget reconciliation is an elite Senate process for only money and tax matters. Not policy, like voter ID. And voter ID could be a target of the Senate’s umpire — Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough — if GOPers try to stuff it in that bill.
“Budget reconciliation, as I’ve said before, you have to have a reason to do it,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. “Obviously, the parliamentarian has a role to play in that process. And in the past, we have respected it. And I would expect we would do that.”
If they’re being honest, few Republicans think budget reconciliation is feasible to salvage parts of the SAVE America Act.
“I don’t think under reconciliation we’re going to be able to pass voter ID,” said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
“The SAVE America act is not reconcilable,” said House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md. “It will never fly past the parliamentarian because it really is predominantly a policy issue.”
“This is fake,” said Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, about any wing-and-a-prayer effort to wedge the SAVE America Act into budget reconciliation. “It isn’t going to work.”
“A talking filibuster is the most obvious and the most sure way of getting this thing passed,” said Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas. “This reconciliation is not an out for the Senate. They need to do their job and get this bill passed.”
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Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the Capitol on May 6, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
But Senate Republicans haven’t shown a willingness to hold the Senate in session until they wear down their opponents and pass the bill via a lengthy talking filibuster. Staying on the bill for now is a parliamentary convenience. Especially after the weekend vote on men playing women’s sports.
The Senate will eventually move on. And senators will eventually embrace yet another favorite legislative child.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.