Anna Paulina Luna Derails House Agenda Over SAVE Act as Johnson’s Senate Plan Falters
Updated
Updated · POLITICO · Jun 30
Anna Paulina Luna Derails House Agenda Over SAVE Act as Johnson’s Senate Plan Falters
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 30
Summary
Anna Paulina Luna rejected Mike Johnson’s bid to pair the SAVE America Act with the annual defense bill, keeping House floor business frozen for the rest of the week.
Johnson needs near-unified Republican support on a rule vote, but Luna said his package would let the Senate strip out the elections measure and demanded it be fully baked into the must-pass Pentagon bill.
A Supreme Court ruling Monday allowing states to count mail ballots received after Election Day if postmarked on time revived Trump’s push for the bill, despite his earlier call for hard-liners to stop threatening rule votes.
That pressure complicates Johnson’s strategy because Trump now wants tougher provisions — including a near-total mail-voting ban — that some Republicans, including Brian Fitzpatrick, have not embraced.
Even if the House passes the merged package, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said it cannot clear the Senate, where lawmakers are expected to take up their own defense bill next month.