Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., arrives for a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 3, 2025 (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
TRUMP UNDERCUTS GOP PUSH TO ATTACH SAVE ACT TO SHUTDOWN BILL AS CONSERVATIVES THREATEN MUTINY
Thomas Massie, R-Ky., condemned what he saw as a failure to shore up election integrity with the exclusion of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — a bill requiring photo ID for registering voters looking to participate in federal elections.
"And most importantly… BLOCKED: the inclusion of the SAVE Act to protect our elections from illegal aliens — a top priority for conservatives," Massie said in a long list of reasons he posted to X on why he had voted against the package.
Massie alongside other Republicans like Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., had called for Republicans to tie the SAVE Act into the 2026 funding bill.
He wasn't the only Republican to vent frustrations online.
Other lawmakers voted against the bill because of a distrust that Democrats would negotiate in good faith over outstanding considerations to fund DHS.
"The fact that Chuck Schumer is able to somehow get Republicans to pass a version that includes all of their stuff — but only a two-week funding measure for Homeland Security, I think, is a fool’s bet," Rep. Eric Burlison, R- Mo. said.
The bill, which now heads to the desk of President Donald Trump for his signature, includes funding for the departments of War, Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services.
REPUBLICANS, DEMS BREAK THROUGH RESISTANCE, MOVE FORWARD WITH TRUMP-BACKED FUNDING PACKAGE
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"Republicans have the trifecta and we should fund DHS at Trump levels for strong border security," Boebert said.
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Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., blasted the bill for, in his view, not utilizing Republican negotiating power.
"We gotta start negotiating from power," Burchett said in a video he posted. "Trump will tell you: negotiate from power."
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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