BREAKING NEWS: With roughly 90 days remaining before voters head to the polls in the midterm elections, pressure is building within the Republican Party to advance more of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.
Several Republican senators are now publicly urging Senate leadership to move more quickly, arguing that there is little time left to deliver on several key priorities before lawmakers leave Washington for the campaign season.
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has pushed his GOP colleagues for months to fall behind his plan to pass the SAVE America Act.
🚨 NOW: John Thune says we can possibly pass "pieces of the SAVE America Act" through budget reconciliation, which only needs 50 votes + JD Vance
"Maybe."
"We're having conversations."
"I'll keep you posted." pic.twitter.com/tMB74GJ13H
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 4, 2026
The MAGA megaphone has used his 700,000 followers to blast doomed proposals to push the bill’s voting restrictions through a daily barrage of social media posts.
Lee’s Push for SAVE America Act Gains Limited Traction
Lee’s favored alternatives, like forcing the act through the budget process or returning to a talking filibuster, have not gained traction.
🚨 JUST IN: Leader John Thune says Republicans should turn their SAVE America Act fire off of him and onto Democrats, and use it as a midterm issue against the left
"How about we make it about them!"
"Seems to me I'm the only one who can count to 50. We don't have the votes."… pic.twitter.com/LOQJWwd9Vs
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 4, 2026
His efforts, which have picked up recently, are not gaining any traction in a caucus that is eager to turn its attention to other priorities ahead of its upcoming monthlong recess.
Even the senator’s recent appeal to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, whose assassination in Utah had brought Republicans together last year, is not resonating among the frustrated GOP ranks.