Sen. Ron Johnson is renewing his call to abolish the filibuster so that the U.S. Senate can pass the SAVE America Act.
Sen. Ron Johnson is again urging Republicans to confront the Senate’s broken 60-vote filibuster rule, arguing it blocks critical legislation to safeguard American elections and that Democrats will eliminate the protection the moment they regain power.
“The Senate is so broken now — it would not be the end of the world to lose the filibuster,” Johnson told Newsmax TV’s Bianca de la Garza. “Let’s force a vote now and put Democrats on the record: Will they vote to end the filibuster even when Republicans are in power?”
Johnson is pressing for an immediate vote to end the filibuster so the chamber can pass the SAVE America Act. The measure, which the House approved earlier this year, requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and mandates photo identification at the polls.
Johnson warned that procedural gridlock has paralyzed the upper chamber, making it nearly impossible for the majority to deliver on promises to secure elections. He argued Republicans should act decisively rather than wait for Democrats to “nuke” the rule and ram through their agenda unchecked.
All but two Democrat senators voted to abolish the filibuster during the Biden Administration and neither of those two—Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin—are no longer in the Senate.
