Legislative milestone for Trump: the House approved a bill requiring citizenship verification to vote

In a key victory for the Trump administration and electoral transparency, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the provisions of the SAVE America Act in a clever legislative maneuver that ended with a vote of 217 to 209.

The approved measure requires proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and tightens voter identification requirements for the 2026 midterm elections, safeguarding the elections against Democratic fraud.

This legislative milestone was achieved thanks to weeks of intense pressure from Trumpist activists on Republican lawmakers and, in particular, on House Speaker Mike Johnson. The president's base demanded that the SAVE America Act be attached to a mandatory treatment bill by Congress (like defense), rather than allowing the initiative to lose strength on its own in the Senate.

With this in mind, the lower House first approved a resolution to attach the SAVE America Act to the NDAA, overcoming fierce Democratic opposition and incorporating electoral reform within a mandatory national security law, making it more difficult for the Senate to ignore it.

It is decided in the Senate

The SAVE America Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation of Trump's presidency, which the president has prioritized, insisting that Republicans must ensure that federal elections are free and fair and free from Democratic fraud.

Only one Democratic representative —Jared Golden from Maine— voted in favor of the measure, while on the Republican side, the anti-Semite Thomas Massie, who lost his primary to a Trumpist candidate and cannot be re-elected, was the only member of the ruling party to vote against it.

From now on, the future of the project lies in the hands of the Senate, where Republicans continue to face regulatory hurdles and opposition from the party's old guard. Democrats in the upper chamber have already promised to oppose the legislation, while Trump pressures for this vital legislation to be enacted before the elections.