Federal Voting Policy and SAVE Act

Sen. Mike Lee has urged President Trump to invoke a rare constitutional power to force Congress back from recess, even as Sen. Lindsey Graham — as Senate Budget Committee chair — plans to use a fall budget reconciliation package as a “down payment” on the Trump‑backed SAVE Act by crafting federal grant conditions that would push states to purge voter rolls of illegal immigrants and adopt voter‑ID–style measures. Graham acknowledges reconciliation’s limits and the plan would move without Democratic support since the full SAVE Act cannot clear a filibuster, while Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, say their opposition targets mass voter‑roll purges they view as suppressive rather than basic photo ID.