With just over four months until November's midterm elections, the House of Representatives is consumed by GOP infighting as President Donald Trump continues to push for the SAVE America Act.A group of conservatives, led by Rep.Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has vowed to effectively block all legislation on the House floor until the Senate passes the stalled Trump-backed elections bill.House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is racing to unlock the House floor and is set to meet with Trump at the White House Thursday afternoon in an effort to break the impasse.At stake is whether House Republicans can advance government funding bills, a long-shot third party-line reconciliation package incorporating defense spending and fraud prevention safeguards, and the annual defense policy bill, among other priorities, before the chamber leaves for the August recess.Rep.
Anna Paulina Luna departs the U.S.Capitol following a series of House votes on March 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)'AS LONG AS IT TAKES': TRUMP ALLIES FREEZE HOUSE FLOOR TO PRESSURE SENATE ON VOTER ID BILLThursday's meeting comes after House Republican leadership was forced to cancel a series of votes Wednesday after the conservative bloc declined to end its blockade."We're not giving up on it yet, but we're having contingencies in place," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters.Luna indicated she is not planning to relent anytime soon, despite having no apparent leverage to force the Senate to weaken the legislative filibuster or pass the SAVE America Act."The president's been very clear," Luna told Fox News Digital in an interview Wednesday."He's not playing these games anymore, and I'm going to fully back him, and I have the votes to do it.""There's going to be no votes this week," Luna added. For months, Trump has stated that passing the SAVE America Act is at the top of his legislative agenda.
But progress has not materialized as the legislation has failed to clear ...