2026年9月14日 美国东部时间12:41 / 福克斯新闻
布莱恩·斯泰尔议员称希望国会能在11月中期选举前完成选举改革举措
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共和党议员透露绕过民主党人推进特朗普支持的选举法案的计划
众议院管理委员会主席布莱恩·斯泰尔接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，谈及共和党人计划通过和解程序通过《保护美国选民资格法案》（SAVE America Act）的关键条款。
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国会共和党人计划在今年年底前通过《保护美国选民资格法案》的关键条款。
这项由唐纳德·特朗普总统支持、遭到民主党强烈反对的选举改革法案在国会陷入停滞，参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩一直不愿将其提交表决，因为该法案几乎肯定会失败。
要打破参议院阻挠议事，至少需要几名民主党人才能达到60票的门槛。但参众两院的左翼议员批评该法案，称其往好了说是试图质疑美国选举的可信度，往坏了说是选民压制手段。
众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊目前正推动共和党人通过预算和解程序推进该法案的主要条款，这一程序允许执政党绕过参议院阻挠议事，无需少数党参与即可通过大规模财政政策。众议院管理委员会主席、威斯康星州共和党人布莱恩·斯泰尔负责监督该法案相关部分的推进工作。
特朗普质疑图恩的领导地位，《保护美国选民资格法案》陷入停滞
2026年4月14日周二，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（右）与众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯出席在解放大厅举行的美国大屠杀纪念博物馆国家悼念大屠杀遇难者纪念日仪式。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚石公司 盖蒂图片社）
“我更希望直接通过《保护美国选民资格法案》。但考虑到参议院可能无法达到60票门槛，那我们就利用议会程序，将投票门槛降至50票，推进一些真正合乎情理的改革，”斯泰尔在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，“我一直在与政府同僚以及参议院的同事们进行很好的沟通。”
参议院面临“关键时刻”，共和党新计划下特朗普的选举优先事项迎来转机
斯泰尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他希望国会能在11月中期选举前通过包含《保护美国选民资格法案》内容的和解法案，但他也承认“倒计时的时钟走得相当快”。
预算和解程序耗时较长，共和党去年用了约半年时间通过特朗普签署的《宏伟美好法案》。参众两院都必须通过预算“框架”，并指示相关委员会制定符合特定支出或削减资金额度的政策。
各委员会通过各自负责的条款后，将其提交给参众两院预算委员会整合为一项大规模法案。参众两院必须通过完全相同的法案，才能提交特朗普签署。
斯泰尔所在的负责联邦选举法管辖事务的委员会，计划纳入原《保护美国选民资格法案》的两项条款：选民登记过程中的公民身份证明要求，以及全国范围内的投票照片身份证规则。
2025年10月10日，众议院管理委员会主席布莱恩·斯泰尔在华盛顿举行新闻发布会。（安娜·罗斯·莱登/盖蒂图片社）
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“众议院的进度可以跟上参议院的节奏。我和其他议员们感到沮丧的是，参议院的行动速度不如我们所愿。我确实认为参议院有50票支持这些真正合乎情理的条款，”斯泰尔说，“我希望越快越好，但我控制不了参议院。”
这一程序的棘手之处在于，由参议院领导层任命、负责解释议事规则的议会事务主管会审核和解法案草案，剔除不符合程序规则的内容。也就是说，任何不影响联邦政府预算、税收政策或国家债务的内容通常都会被移除。
特朗普高级官员闭门向共和党人重新阐释《保护美国选民资格法案》
斯泰尔表示，《保护美国选民资格法案》的部分条款可以通过影响根据2002年选举改革法案《帮助美国投票法案》向各州拨付的资金，从而通过这一审核流程。
“我们可以为各州开展事后选举审计的资金松绑或增加拨款，这是选举改革的重要组成部分。在照片身份证问题上也可以采取同样的做法，”他补充道，将真实身份证作为标准也可以有效落实公民身份要求，“实际上，个人在办理真实身份证时，就已经证明了自己的公民身份。”
特朗普介入，众议院共和党叛乱使《保护美国选民资格法案》成为支出摊牌的核心议题
特朗普政府也支持这一推进计划。多名与会人士告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，今年早些时候，行政管理和预算局局长罗素·沃特在一场仅限议员参加的会议上告诉共和党人，白宫支持通过和解程序推进《保护美国选民资格法案》，并认为这是推进共和党选举改革的最佳途径。
“白宫一直在积极参与，我们的沟通很顺利，”斯泰尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
众议院今年早些时候通过了和解法案版本，这是一项950亿美元的预算法案，旨在补充美国军事开支并加强选举安全。
但参议院预算委员会主席、威斯康星州共和党人罗恩·约翰逊在参议院8月休会前公布了该委员会的框架方案。目前尚不清楚该法案何时能在委员会推进或进行表决。
共和党内战爆发，特朗普最新议程推进遭遇关键共和党人威胁搁置巨额法案
他们的法案要求最高1500亿美元的支出——两者差距悬殊。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊上个月在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时承认了这一差距。
“我的意思是，法案力求精简，就是为了快速推进。你添加的内容越多，法案就越复杂，在参议院——不用深入细节——从程序上讲，就需要更多相关委员会在两院参与，这会让进程拖慢。现在我们离选举非常近，风险极高，时间紧迫，如果你要推进选举改革举措，就得立刻动手，”约翰逊说，“我们已经在众议院四次通过了《保护美国选民资格法案》。这是最后一次争取在参议院通过的绝佳机会，所以我支持尽快推进。”
斯泰尔表示，他对达成协议持乐观态度。
“我认为总体上我们立场一致。显然，总支出数额存在分歧，”他说，“我认为每个人都认识到，确保我们的军人获得所需资源，不仅能保卫自己，也能保卫国家……同时确保我们拥有资源保护选举安全，这一点至关重要。”
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，负责众议院报道。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻发表报道。
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Inside House Republicans’ plan to end run Dem opposition and pass Trump-backed voter ID
September 14, 2026 12:41pm EDT / Fox News
Rep Bryan Steil says he hopes Congress can get election integrity measures done before the November midterms
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
GOP lawmaker reveals plan to bypass Democrats on Trump-backed election bill
Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil spoke with Fox News Digital about Republicans’ plan to pass key portions of the SAVE America Act via reconciliation.
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Congressional Republicans have a plan to pass key portions of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act before the end of this year.
The election integrity bill backed by President Donald Trump and fiercely opposed by Democrats has stalled in Congress, where Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has been reluctant to call it up for a vote, given that it’s all but assured to fail.
At least several Democrats would be needed to reach the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to break a filibuster. But left-wing lawmakers in the House and Senate have panned the legislation as an attempt to sow doubt in U.S. elections at best and voter suppression at worst.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is now pushing Republicans to pass the bill’s main mandates via the budget reconciliation process, which allows the party in power to pass sweeping fiscal policy without input from the minority due to its sidelining of the Senate filibuster. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., chairman of the Committee on House Administration, is tasked with overseeing how that part of the bill gets done.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attend the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
“I’d rather pass the SAVE America Act. But recognizing that the Senate might not be able to get that done with the 60-vote threshold, let’s leverage the parliamentary procedure, bring that threshold down to 50, and get some really commonsense reforms done,” Steil told Fox News Digital in an interview. “I’ve been having great conversations with my colleagues in the administration as well as the Senate.”
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Steil told Fox News Digital that he hoped Congress could pass a reconciliation bill with SAVE America before the November midterm elections, but conceded “the clock is ticking down pretty quickly.”
The budget reconciliation process is a lengthy one, with Republicans having taken roughly half a year to use it to pass Trump’s signature One Big, Beautiful Bill Act last year. Both the House and Senate must pass budget “frameworks,” with instructions for relevant committees to enact policies that either spend or cut funding to a specified amount.
Those committees pass their portions, then send them back to the House and Senate budget committees to tie them together into one massive bill. Identical bills must pass the House and Senate before getting to Trump’s desk.
Steil’s panel, which has jurisdiction over federal election law, is aiming to include two portions of the original SAVE America Act: a proof of citizenship mandate for the voter registration process, and a nationwide photo ID rule to cast a ballot.
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., holds a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10, 2025.(Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)
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“The House can go as fast as the Senate. And so the frustration that I and others have is the Senate’s not moving as fast as we would like on this. I actually think there’s 50 votes in the Senate for some of these really commonsense provisions,” Steil said. “I’d like to be sooner rather than later, but I don’t control them.”
Where the process gets even trickier is when the Senate parliamentarian, who is appointed by Senate leadership to help interpret the chamber’s rules, goes through the reconciliation bill draft and weeds out what does not adhere to the process rules. That means anything that does not impact the federal government’s budget, tax policy, or the national debt is generally removed.
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Steil said portions of the SAVE America Act could arguably get through that filtration process by affecting funds going to states via the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), a 2002-era election reform law.
“We could free up those funds or enhance those funds for states to do those post-election audits, which is a really important part of election integrity. You can do the same in regards to photo ID,” he said, adding that making Real ID the standard could also effectively impact the citizenship mandate. “Effectively, when an individual gets REAL ID, they’re proving their citizenship.”
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And the Trump administration is behind the push. Earlier this year, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought told Republicans at a lawmaker-only meeting that the White House backed using the reconciliation process for SAVE America and argued it was the best way forward to pass the GOP’s election reforms, multiple people in the room told Fox News Digital.
“The White House is engaged. We’ve had good conversations,” Steil told Fox News Digital.
The House passed its version of the reconciliation bill earlier this summer, a $95 billion budget aimed at replenishing the U.S. military and enhancing election security.
But in the Senate, Budget Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., unveiled his committee’s framework just before the chamber left for the August recess. It’s not clear when it will advance through his panel or get a vote.
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Their legislation calls for up to $150 billion in spending — a significant difference.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., acknowledged that gap in an interview with Fox News Digital last month.
“I mean, the idea was, in keeping it skinny, is to move it quickly. And so the more you add to it, the more complex it gets, the more in the Senate — not to get too deep in the weeds — but procedurally, it involves more committees of jurisdiction in both bodies. And that’s where things start to get weighted down. So we’re very close to an election, the stakes are very high, the timing is short, and if you’re going to do election integrity measures, you need to do it, like, yesterday,” Johnson said. “We passed the SAVE America Act four times in the House. This is the last best effort to get it through the Senate, so I’m for doing it as quickly as possible.”
Steil said he was optimistic that an agreement could be reached.
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“I think, broadly, we’re aligned. I think obviously the total numbers are different,” he said. “I think everyone recognizes the importance of making sure that our men and women in uniform have the resources needed to not only defend themselves but to defend our country… And also that we have the resources needed to make sure that we’re protecting our election.”
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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