Senate Republicans may have left Washington on a high note early Saturday morning, but they left one major item on the table: passing the SAVE America Act.It’s the bill that has dominated President Donald Trump’s attention span and garnered heavy criticism against Republicans in the upper chamber for not being able to pass it.And despite guarantees from some in the party that they would object to leaving until Sept.in order to pass the voter integrity bill, lawmakers’ suitcases were packed and ready for the airport.
It’s one of several agenda items that didn’t get finished prior to the lawmakers' vacation, and one that will have to wait until next month.But its biggest proponents appear okay with that outcome.SCHUMER CAVES, HANDS REPUBLICANS SHUTDOWN WIN AFTER MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTYPresident Donald Trump departs following a reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Aug.
6, 2026.Trump hosted Team USA Olympians who competed in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
(Bloomberg via Getty Images)"We’re not dropping SAVE," Sen.Mike Lee, R-Utah, said.
"It’s a matter of time."Time between now and the end of this session of Congress will be an increasingly short commodity to come by.The Senate returns the third week of September and will be tasked with moving two massive bills dealing with cryptocurrency regulations and money in college sports, both of which didn't make the cut during the upper chamber’s last week in town.Then they’ll leave once again for nearly the entire month of October in preparation for midterm elections in early November.SCHUMER SAID ‘DEMOCRATS SUPPORT VOTER ID’ — THEN EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT VOTED AGAINST GOP BILLAnother priority heavily pushed by Trump and the administration, taking another crack at the party line budget reconciliation process, was detoured, too.That process is how Republicans hope to pass the SAVE America Act without Democrats getting the chance to block it with the filibuster....