All 47 Senate Democrats voted against the SAVE Act five times.
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The Charlie Kirk ShowAug 5, 2026
The sources support that all Senate Democrats (45 Democrats plus 2 caucusing independents, 47 total) opposed the SAVE Act in its Senate votes, per AP and US Political Rank.
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… That's a good chunk of the GOP in the Senate, and yet we can't get a leader soon to get behind this effort and get the Save America Act passed. Let's play cut 13 first. Is there are no Democrats we're going to vote for this? All 47 voted against the Save Act five times, so let's make this an issue in the campaign. How about we go out and turn our fire on Democrats and make it about them opposing the Save Act? So, so, so we're not, that's the point, so we're not getting any Democrats. The second thing is, um, we are not getting rid of the legislative filibuster. …
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Contradicts. TechTimes reports the SAVE Act failed six Senate floor votes and that the Husted narrower voter-ID bill drew no Democratic support, which conflicts with the five-vote count, though the sixth vote may have occurred after the August 5 posting.[5]
Supports. AP reports that all 45 Democrats and both independents who caucus with them oppose the SAVE Act, meaning all 47 Senate Democrats-aligned members are opposed.[1]
Supports. US Political Rank reports the bill failed five times on the Senate floor and that all 47 Democrats opposed the SAVE Act in the March 26, 2026 cloture vote (53-47).[6]
Context. Thune's Congressional Record statement and Senator Marshall's press release describe Democrats opposing a stand-alone voter ID proposal, which is a related but narrower measure than the full SAVE Act.[3][4]
Context. Reuters fact-checked a separate miscaptioned March 51-48 vote claim but does not address the count of Democratic votes against the SAVE Act.[2]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Republicans launch voting bill debate | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2US Senate did not approve Save America Act by 51-48 votereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 65 (Tuesday ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Senator Marshall: Not One Democrat Voted for Voter ID - Senator Roger Marshallmarshall.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5SAVE Act Buried: Thune Filed Crypto Cloture Same Morning as September Dealtechtimes.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6The SAVE Act Standoff Before the August Recess Comes Down to One Number the Senate Does Not Have | US Political Rankuspoliticalrank.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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