作者：亚历克斯·米勒 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月26日 美国东部时间下午1:38
参议院民主党人否决了一项由特朗普支持的选民ID法案修正案，该修正案要求在联邦选举中使用照片身份证明投票，而这正是民主党公开表示支持的举措。
包括参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默在内的民主党人，对照片选民ID表现出兴趣，这一做法在全国选民中越来越受欢迎。
“民主党支持选民ID，”舒默本月早些时候在新闻发布会上表示，“事实上，几年前我们的《自由投票法案》中就包含了这一内容，并且已经纳入其中。”
众议院保守派对参议院共和党人与白宫在《SAVE法案》斗争中的协议爆发不满
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默于2026年3月18日在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦外举行的反对《SAVE美国法案》集会上发言。（Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images）
近几周，还有其他几位民主党人也表示支持选民ID法案。
当被美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的凯特兰·柯林斯问及是否支持一项纯粹的选民ID法案时，新泽西州参议员科里·布克回答“是的”。
“新泽西州有选民ID法律，”布克说，“我投票时必须出示驾照。”
尽管如此，民主党人还是否决了俄亥俄州共和党参议员乔恩·哈斯特德提出的《保障美国选民资格法案》（SAVE America Act）修正案，该修正案旨在让民主党人公开表明其立场。
民主党阻挠将选民ID法案与跨性别体育禁令挂钩的共和党修正案
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩于2026年2月10日在俄亥俄州时钟走廊的参议院共和党人新闻发布会上发言。（Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images）
舒默在投票前表示：“共和党人再次在选民压制问题上浪费时间。”
“让我们非常清楚地认识到这项修正案是什么，”舒默说，“这是披着羊皮的狼，是对其法案真实目的的巨大掩盖，其真实目的是大规模压制选民，在2000万或更多人不知情或未经同意的情况下将他们从选民名单中剔除。”
参议院共和党人辩称，如果民主党人真的支持选民ID，就应该支持这项修正案。
“民主党人，包括舒默参议员本人，已经表示‘我们不反对照片ID’，”参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩说，“那么，让我们检验一下这个主张。让我们就这个问题进行投票，看看民主党人的真实立场。”
过去10天，共和党人一直在参议院推动《SAVE美国法案》，对该法案进行辩论，试图将叙事焦点从共和党无法在参议院推进该法案，转向民主党阻挠该法案。
参议院民主党人表示，虽然他们支持投票时的身份证明，但《SAVE美国法案》的要求远远超出了这一范围。舒默等人将该法案比作美国南方各州吉姆·克劳时代的种族隔离法，称其将剥夺选民权利，尤其是少数族裔社区和低收入美国人的投票权。
共和党触发参议院马拉松式斗争，以暴露民主党反对特朗普支持的选民ID法案
宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员约翰·费特曼于2025年12月3日抵达美国国会大厦参加投票时向记者发表讲话。（Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images）
然而，目前已有36个州要求投票时出示身份证明。其中23个州要求使用照片ID，13个州接受其他形式的身份证明，如银行对账单。在这些州中，有9个州的参议员是民主党人。
根据去年一份广受引用的皮尤研究中心民意调查，71%的民主党选民支持在投票时出示政府颁发的照片ID。
“我知道《SAVE美国法案》存在诸多问题，但这项修正案特别关注照片ID，因为它很容易实施，而这一做法在全国范围内已经在推行，”哈斯特德在谈到自己的修正案时表示。
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上周，当哈斯特德试图就一项独立的照片选民ID法案进行投票时，参议院民主党人曾否决过类似的修正案。他提出的修正案列出了几种可接受的身份证明形式，包括带照片的未过期驾照、带照片的未过期州政府颁发的身份证、有效护照、带照片的有效军事或退伍军人身份证，或带照片的未过期部落身份证。
通常与本党立场不同的宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员约翰·费特曼，周四与舒默及其他同僚站在一起。和其他民主党人一样，他反对《SAVE美国法案》，因为该法案包含额外条款，例如允许美国国土安全部访问各州的选民名单。
但他最近表示：“如果共和党人想要真正的改革而非形式上的投票，那就提出一项干净、独立的法案，我投赞成票。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字版记者，负责报道美国参议院相关新闻。
Schumer, Democrats say they support voter ID, then block GOP amendment to require it
By Alex Miller | Fox News
Published March 26, 2026 1:38pm EDT
Senate Democrats blocked an amendment to Trump-backed voter ID legislation that would have done something they publicly support and require photo identification to vote in federal elections.
Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have shown interest in photo voter ID, which has grown in popularity among voters across the country.
“Democrats support voter ID,” Schumer said on a press call earlier this month. “In fact, we included it, and it is included, in our Freedom to Vote legislation several years ago.”
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a rally against the SAVE America Act outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 18, 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Several others have also come out in support of a voter ID bill in recent weeks.
When asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins whether he would support a clean voter ID bill, Sen. Cory Booker,D-N.J., said, “Yes.”
“And New Jersey has voter ID laws,” Booker said. “I’ve got to show my driver’s license.”
Still, Democrats blocked an amendment to the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act from Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, meant to put them on record for that position.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the U.S. Capitol Feb. 10, 2026.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Schumer said ahead of the vote that “Republicans are once again wasting time on voter suppression.”
“Let’s let’s be very clear what this amendment is,” Schumer said. “It’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and it’s a giant cover-up to what their bill really does, which is dramatic voter suppression, kicking 20 million or more people off the rolls without their knowledge or consent.”
Senate Republicans argued that if Democrats truly support voter ID, they should back the amendment.
“That is one on which the Democrats have said — Sen. Schumer himself — that ‘we are not opposed to photo ID,’” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said. “Well, let’s test that proposition. Let’s actually have a vote on it and see where the Democrats are.”
Republicans have been engaged in a floor push on the SAVE America Act for the past 10 days, debating the legislation in a bid to shift the narrative from the GOP being unable to advance the bill out of the Senate to Democrats being the ones blocking it.
Senate Democrats have argued that while they support identification to vote, the SAVE America Act goes far beyond that requirement. Schumer and others have likened the broader bill to Jim Crow-era segregationist laws in the Deep South, saying it would disenfranchise voters, particularly minority communities and low-income Americans.
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to a reporter as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote Dec. 3, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
However, requiring identification is already the practice in 36 states. Of those, 23 require photo ID, while 13 accept another form of identification, such as a bank statement. Nine of those states have Democratic senators.
According to a widely cited Pew Research poll from last year, 71% of Democratic voters support showing government-issued photo ID to vote.
“I know there are a lot of issues in the SAVE America Act, but this particular one focused on photo ID as something that can be easily implemented, which is already being implemented around the country,” Husted said of his amendment.
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Senate Democrats blocked the measure once before, when Husted tried to force a vote on a standalone photo voter ID bill last week. His amendment listed several acceptable forms of identification, including an unexpired driver’s license with a photo, an unexpired state-issued ID card with a photo, a valid passport, a valid military or veteran ID with a photo or an unexpired tribal ID with a photo.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who typically breaks with his party, stood alongside Schumer and his colleagues on Thursday. Like other Democrats, he has opposed the SAVE America Act because of its additional provisions, such as giving the Department of Homeland Security access to states’ voter rolls.
But he recently said, “If the GOP wants real reform over a show vote, put out a clean, standalone bill, and I’m AYE.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
