Trump Will Revoke Passports for Parents Who Owe Child Support

Republicans have repeatedly tried and failed to pass the SAVE Act. The latest version suggested numerous amendments to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, including items that would have abolished mail-in voting, required voters to bring proof of citizenship and proof of residency to register to vote, required voter ID, and mandated the purging of voter rolls every 30 days — a huge bureaucratic task that would have placed undue burdens on local elections officials.

Nonetheless, Trump demanded that his caucus find out about the situation. In March, Trump insisted the bill would “guarantee the midterm elections” and that there would be “big problems” if Republicans failed to push it through Congress. The president also said the SAVE Act was such a priority that it “supersedes everything else,” threatening to veto all other bills until the SAVE Act reaches his desk.

But a lot can change in two months. Today, even the bill’s most ardent supporters view the SAVE Act as a lost cause, emphasizing vote for a rama held in the Senate last month and failed to get even 50 votes in favor of the bill, with four Republicans joining Democrats in their opposition.