{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/7/blackburn-to-newsmax-senate-should-remain-until-save-america-act-passes", "Blackburn to Newsmax: Senate Should Remain Until SAVE America Act Passes", "2026-07-29", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called on the Senate to remain in session until it passes the SAVE America Act during an appearance on Newsmax\u2019s Wake Up America. Last week, Senator Blackburn led her colleagues in taking to the Senate floor to urge the Senate to pass the bill following President Trump\u2019s address to the nation on election integrity. Watch the video Senator Blackburn released on her X account here.\n\nClick here to download Senator Blackburn\u2019s interview on Newsmax.\n\nClick here to watch the video Senator Blackburn posted on X.\n\nSen. Blackburn to Newsmax: Senate Should Remain Until SAVE America Act Passes\n\nBrian Freeman\n\nNewsmax\n\nSenate Republicans are prepared to remain in Washington as long as necessary to pass the SAVE America Act, backing President Donald Trump's call to delay the chamber's planned summer recess until election integrity legislation reaches his desk, Sen. Marsha Blackburn told Newsmax on Tuesday.\n\nThe Tennessee Republican said on ?Newsmax's \"Wake Up America\" that the GOP is willing to work weekends, split the legislation into smaller pieces, or pursue any other legislative strategy necessary to enact the bill, which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.\n\n\"Whatever it takes, if it is staying here, if it's breaking the bill in pieces, doing pieces one at a time, whatever we need to do to make certain that we pass the SAVE Act is what we need to do,\" Blackburn said. \"We're all in on getting the SAVE Act passed.\"\n\nHer comments came after Trump urged Senate Republicans to remain in session until the legislation is approved, writing on Truth Social that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., \"should not allow the United States Senate to leave town until it passes the SAVE America Act,\" while also renewing his call to eliminate the legislative filibuster if necessary.\n\nAlthough Thune has indicated there are not enough votes to abolish the filibuster, Blackburn dismissed suggestions that Republicans are wavering on the underlying legislation, arguing the conference remains united behind strengthening election security.\n\n\"No one has worked harder than President Trump to make certain that we exercise election integrity,\" she said. \"Those of us that comprise the steering committee, which is the conservatives in the Senate, have been saying for months, we will stay here weekends and until we can get this passed, because we know this is important.\"\n\nBlackburn said she has already begun advancing portions of the legislation individually after leading Senate Republicans last week in an effort to move forward with a voter identification provision.\n\nShe also highlighted legislation she has introduced that would encourage states to verify voter registration rolls against the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, which contains information on individuals who are not U.S. citizens and are therefore ineligible to vote in federal elections.\n\nAccording to Blackburn, 26 states already compare their voter rolls against the federal database, while 24 do not. She said expanding that practice would strengthen election integrity nationwide.\n\nRELATED\n\nVIDEO: Blackburn Leads Colleagues in Urging Senate to Pass SAVE America Act Following President Trump\u2019s Address to the Nation\n\nVIDEO: Blackburn Asks Democrat Lawmakers Why They Fear SAVE America Act", 1, "2026-07-30T07:32:48Z", "2026-07-30T07:34:08Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/7/blackburn-to-newsmax-senate-should-remain-until-save-america-act-passes"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7881039530038834, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}