Thune tells Hannity his ‘side of the story’ on SAVE Act, so now what?
July 28, 2026 | Vivek Saxena
Senate Majority Leader John Thune appeared doubtful on Monday that cancelling the Senate August recess to debate and vote on the SAVE America Act would serve any valid purpose.
“If I thought there was a path for getting a result, I’m all for it,” he said on the Senate floor this Monday, according to The Hill.
Why the hesitancy? Because the Senate has already spent an inordinate amount of time debating and voting on the bill to no avail, according to him.
“I’m a cosponsor of the SAVE Act. We voted on it two, three, four, five times already,” Thune noted. “We had it up on the floor for an extended period of time. Show me how this ends. What’s the picture of victory at the end?”
“If somebody can show me how we get an outcome, how we get a result, how we get an answer to this, I’m all for it. But if we’re going to be sitting here in endless quorum calls, I don’t know if that’s in anybody’s best interest,” he added.
Thune also pointed out that it’s a tough election year and that his colleagues desperately need to return home to campaign.
His remarks came after President Donald Trump demanded that the Senate leader keep the upper congressional chamber in session so it can end the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act:
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