作者：亚历克斯·米勒 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月14日 美国东部时间下午12:16
[《保护美国选民资格法案》（SAVE America Act）将提交参议院]
专家马特·戈尔曼和大卫·卡鲁奇在《The Story》节目中就共和党推动收紧选民要求的举措展开辩论。
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[参议院共和党人]在将选民身份证写入法律的努力中获得了一个关键盟友，但这位议员的支持附带一个条件。
由参议员迈克·李（R-犹他州）领导的三位议员发起了一场运动，说服同事支持《保护美国选民资格法案》（SAVE America Act），他们通过社交媒体和闭门会议争取选票。
这场运动取得了成功，该小组获得了缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯的关键支持，柯林斯宣布她将支持最近在众议院通过的《保护美国选民资格法案》。有了柯林斯的支持，参议院共和党人至少有微弱多数支持该法案。
[强硬派保守派加倍努力以挽救《保护美国选民资格法案》]
缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯宣布支持《保护美国选民资格法案》，但不会支持废除参议院阻挠议事规则。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚动新闻，通过盖蒂图片社）
“我支持最近在众议院通过的《保护美国选民资格法案》版本，”柯林斯在一份先由缅因州新闻网报道的声明中表示。“法律明确规定，在这个国家，只有美国公民才有资格参加联邦选举。”
“此外，让人们在投票站出示身份证，就像他们登机前、入住酒店或购买含酒精饮料时必须做的那样，是一项简单的改革，将提高我们联邦选举的安全性，并帮助人们对选举结果更有信心，”她继续说道。
柯林斯指出，她不支持该法案的上一版本，即简称为《保护美国选民资格法案》的法案，因为它“会要求人们每次投票都证明自己的公民身份”。
[美国选举中仅有一名众议院民主党人投票支持选民身份证和公民身份证明]
犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李正在推动参议院通过选民身份证立法，并提出了共和党人可以采取的多种途径。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-滚动新闻，通过盖蒂图片社）
她的决定为李和参议院共和党人提供了越过参议院关键程序障碍所需的票数。
“现在我们有足够的票数来推进对众议院通过的法案进行程序性投票——即使没有任何额外的投票——副总统[JD·万斯]可以打破平局，”李在X平台（原推特）上发文称。
这种打破平局的情况只有在共和党人转而使用“常规阻挠议事”（即“谈话阻挠”）时才会出现。这是李一直推动同事们采取的行动，而这需要就该法案进行实际的、口头的辩论。
这是当前阻挠议事规则的前身，在这种规则下，议员们只需获得60票即可越过障碍。李和其他保守派认为，如果他们使用“常规阻挠议事”而非“僵尸阻挠议事”，就能冲破民主党人的阻力。
但一些人担心，一旦使用这种工具，参议院可能会瘫痪数周甚至数月，这取决于民主党人的决心。
而柯林斯的支持不足以打破参议院需要60票才能阻挠议事的规则。
[默科夫斯基与共和党在选民身份证问题上决裂，称此举“不是我们建立信任的方式”]
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党人）支持选民身份证法律，但承认参议院中没有足够的票数来废除阻挠议事规则以通过该法案。（格雷姆·斯隆/彭博社，通过盖蒂图片社）
情况更加复杂的是，柯林斯明确表示，她不支持废除阻挠议事规则，包括参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（南达科他州共和党人）在内的其他几位参议院共和党人也持相同立场，图恩本周早些时候重申，共和党没有足够的票数来废除这项立法工具。
“我反对废除立法阻挠议事规则，”柯林斯表示。“阻挠议事规则是对少数党权利的重要保护，它要求参议员为了国家的最大利益而共同努力。”
“例如，取消这一保护措施将允许未来由民主党控制的国会仅以参议院的简单多数就通过他们想要的任何条款——比如华盛顿特区的州地位、开放边境或扩大最高法院规模，”她继续说道。
肯塔基州的 Mitch McConnell 和阿拉斯加州的 Lisa Murkowski 等共和党参议员仍然是唯一没有承诺支持《保护美国选民资格法案》的共和党人。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道的记者，负责报道美国参议院。
Mike Lee-led campaign gains crucial vote but faces 60-vote Senate filibuster challenge
By Alex Miller | Fox News
Published February 14, 2026 12:16pm EST
[‘SAVE America Act’ heads to Senate]
Panelists Matt Gorman and David Carlucci spar over the GOP’s push to tighten voter requirements on ‘The Story.’
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[Senate Republicans] gained a key ally in their quest to enshrine voter ID into law, but the lawmaker’s support comes with a condition.
A trio of lawmakers, led by Sen. [Mike Lee], R-Utah, have undertaken a campaign to convince their colleagues to support the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, working social media and closed-door meetings to secure the votes.
The campaign has proven successful, with the cohort gaining a crucial vote from Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who announced that she would back the SAVE America Act, which recently passed the House. With Collins, Senate Republicans have at least a slim majority backing the act.
[HARDLINE CONSERVATIVES DOUBLE DOWN TO SAVE THE SAVE ACT]
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced her support for the SAVE America Act, but won’t go as far as to nuke the Senate filibuster.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“I support the version of the SAVE America Act that recently passed the House,” Collins said in a statement first reported by the Maine Wire. “The law is clear that in this country only American citizens are eligible to vote in federal elections.”
“In addition, having people [provide an ID at the polls], just as they have to do before boarding an airplane, checking into a hotel, or buying an alcoholic beverage, is a simple reform that will improve the security of our federal elections and will help give people more confidence in the results,” she continued.
Collins noted that she did not support the previous version of the bill, known simply as the SAVE Act, because it “would have required people to prove their citizenship every single time they cast a ballot.”
[ONLY ONE HOUSE DEM VOTED IN FAVOR OF VOTER ID, PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP IN US ELECTIONS]
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is leading the push in the Senate to pass voter ID legislation, and pitching multiple paths that Republicans could take to do it.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Her decision gives Lee and Senate Republicans the votes needed to clear a key procedural hurdle in the Senate.
“We now have enough votes to pass a motion to proceed to the House-passed bill — even without any additional votes — with Vice President [JD Vance] breaking the tie,” Lee said in a post on X.
That tie-breaking scenario would only present itself if Republicans turn to the standing, or talking, filibuster. It’s a move that Lee has been pushing his colleagues to make, and one that would require actual, physical debate over the bill.
It’s the precursor to the current version of the filibuster, where the only hill lawmakers have to climb is acquiring 60 votes. Lee and other conservatives believe that if they turn to the standing filibuster, rather than the “zombie filibuster,” they can barrel through Democratic resistance.
But some fear that turning to that tool could paralyze the Senate floor for weeks or even months, depending on Senate Democrats’ resolve.
And Collins’ support is not enough to smash through the 60-vote Senate filibuster.
[MURKOWSKI BREAKS WITH GOP ON VOTER ID, SAYS PUSH ‘IS NOT HOW WE BUILD TRUST’]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., supports voter ID laws, but acknowledged that there aren’t the votes in the Senate to nuke the filibuster to pass it.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Complicating matters, Collins made clear that she does not support doing away with the filibuster, as do several other Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader [John Thune], R-S.D., who reiterated earlier this week that the GOP doesn’t have the votes to eliminate the legislative tool.
“I oppose eliminating the legislative filibuster,” Collins said. “The filibuster is an important protection for the rights of the minority party that requires Senators to work together in the best interest of the country.”
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“Removing that protection would, for example, allow a future Congress controlled by Democrats to pass provisions on anything they want — D.C. statehood, open borders, or packing the Supreme Court — with just a simple majority of Senators,” she continued.
GOP senators Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, remain the only Republicans who have not pledged support for the SAVE Act.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.