The House floor remained effectively shut down Tuesday after more than a dozen House conservatives continued their blockade in protest of the stalled SAVE America Act.The group of holdouts, including Rep.Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., blocked a procedural vote, effectively freezing legislative business for the foreseeable future, after forcing GOP leaders to punt several votes last week.The hardball tactics have forced the chamber into legislative paralysis as House Speaker Mike Johnson, races to advance several legislative priorities before the July 4 recess.Lawmakers voted 198-224 against advancing a spate of legislative items — including a must-pass defense bill that will be paired with the SAVE America Act — with 14 Republicans voting "no."Rep.
Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., spoke to members of the media outside a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S.Capitol on Sept.
3, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)'AS LONG AS IT TAKES': TRUMP ALLIES FREEZE HOUSE FLOOR TO PRESSURE SENATE ON VOTER ID BILLWith such slim margins, Johnson could afford to lose just a handful of defections.The conservative rebels continued their floor blockade in apparent defiance of President Donald Trump, who urged the cohort to stop "grandstanding" in a Truth Social post last week.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., also called their hardball tactics "self-defeating" for Republicans’ agenda."It doesn't make any sense," Johnson told reporters Monday."We have to move forward with legislation and that's what I'll be telling them all." He was seen having a tense conversation with Luna and several holdouts shortly before the failed vote.In a likely attempt to appease conservative hardliners, Johnson used a rare procedural maneuver this week to revive the Trump-backed election measure, which has sat in limbo in the Senate chamber for months amid widespread opposition from Democrats. GOP leaders proposed merging the SAVE America Act with an annual defen...