The Save Act has failed.
Posted by All In with Chris Hayes, Checked
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All In with Chris HayesSep 19, 2026
As of 2026-09-19, the SAVE America Act had not cleared the Senate: NPR reported on June 4, 2026 that it had officially failed in the Senate, and USA Today's September 11 update says it had not become law.
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What was said
… And you know, even um, Trump's very right wing tilting Supreme Court had to reject that one. Yeah, I mean, and so much the Save Act has failed. The president's effort to restrict choose who gets the vote by mail has failed. He sends out these so-called monitors to polling place sites in certain elections that I've covered already in the primary elections. …
All In with Chris Hayes · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. NPR (tier2) reported on June 4, 2026 that the SAVE America Act 'has officially failed in the Senate' after being voted on as an amendment to an immigration funding package.[2]
Supports. USA Today (September 11, 2026) states that the Senate has not approved the SAVE Act and that it therefore has not become law, with lawmakers expected to continue discussions.[4]
Supports. The Hill opinion piece reports that Senate cloture votes on March 26 (53 votes) and August 8 (52 votes) both fell short of the 60 needed to advance.[3]
Context. The House passed the expanded SAVE America Act 218–213 in February 2026, so the failure is specific to Senate passage and the bill did not fail in the House.[3][4]
Context. The claim is a casual extraction from 'so much the Save Act has failed'; it is best read as failure to pass the Senate and become law. Schumer's 'dead on arrival' statement is a prediction and does not contradict this.[1]
Sources
4 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 tier 1, 1 not rated
- 1Leader Schumer To Trump & Republicans: Abandon The ...democrats.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2SAVE Act, Republicans' voting overhaul, fails in the Senatenpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Republican leaders missed the chance to pass the SAVE Act.thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Here's latest Senate update on SAVE Act status, its effect on ...usatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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