ICYMI: The Hill Reports on Launch of PassSaveAmericaAct.com

Will Mitola  |   March 17, 2026

Washington, D.C. — In case you missed it, Emily Brooks of The Hill published an interview with Club for Growth President David McIntosh, and reported on the launch of PassSaveAmericaAct.com.

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Outside conservative groups are putting pressure on Senate Republicans to make their floor debate exercise over the SAVE America Act last as long as possible — including the highly influential Club for Growth, which typically focuses on free enterprise and economic growth.

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Club for Growth President David McIntosh told me Monday that he’d like to see the Senate pushing the bill for a month or more — saying that he hopes Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) doesn’t let up any time soon.

“If Thune gives up in the next week, next couple of weeks, and doesn’t at least go four or five or six weeks to be able to really force a robust debate, and to the point where it’s just clear the Democrats are being obstructionists … If he has the courage to do that, then I think he will walk away a winner,” McIntosh told me in a phone interview Monday.

The Club for Growth on Monday launched a website, PassSaveAmericaAct.com, to highlight senators’ positions on the legislation and on trying to force a “talking filibuster” to pass the bill, in conjunction with issuing a key vote alert for its lawmaker scorecard.

The group argues the SAVE America Act, which would require voter ID when casting a ballot and proof of citizenship when registering to vote, is “common-sense” and popular. A February Harvard/Harris poll found 71 percent support for the SAVE Act among all voters, with 54 percent prioritizing “stopping voter fraud over access concerns for eligible citizens.”

McIntosh and others working for Republican victories in the upcoming elections look at those kinds of numbers and see a major midterm argument. It would be a boon to Republicans in November to make Democrats argue against popular positions like requiring voter ID.

“If they are forced to defend that very unpopular position, then I think it actually helps Republicans going into the general election,” McIntosh said.

But the success of that campaign strategy depends on what happens in the Senate debate.

“If Republicans are seen as cutting off debate because they don’t want to spend the time on it, and not forcing the Democrats to actually engage in the filibuster, then I think it hurts Republicans,” McIntosh said.