2026年8月8日 美国东部时间凌晨5:48 / 福克斯新闻
俄亥俄州联邦参议员赫斯特德提出的精简版法案要求出示护照、军人身份证或部落身份证等带照片身份证件，最终因党派分歧未获通过
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
福克斯新闻特约撰稿人乔·孔查就选民身份证争议展开讨论，强调其在2026年中期选举前的重要性，包括缅因州参议院竞选。唐纳德·特朗普总统敦促共和党“趁还来得及”通过《拯救美国法案》。
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参议院民主党人阻挠了《拯救美国法案》中的一项关键条款，而民主党过去曾支持该条款。
周六凌晨时分，参议院共和党人试图说服参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党众议员查克·舒默及其同僚支持一项精简版选民身份证法案，但未能成功，当时正值最后一刻的立法事务扎堆时段。
但包括舒默在内的参议院民主党人多年来一直表示支持投票身份证明。几位拥有民主党参议员的州也实施了选民身份证法。
舒默、民主党人称他们支持选民身份证，随后阻挠共和党要求出示身份证的修正案
2026年6月2日，美国参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（纽约州民主党）在华盛顿国会山与参议院民主党人举行每周政策午餐会后的新闻发布会上发言。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
“民主党支持选民身份证，”舒默在3月份说道。“事实上，我们几年前就在《投票自由法案》中纳入了这一内容，而且现在仍然包含在内。”
但舒默及其整个党团还是投票反对来自俄亥俄州共和党议员乔恩·赫斯特德的法案。目前已有36个州实行投票身份证明制度。其中23个州要求提供带照片的身份证件，另有13个州接受银行对账单等其他形式的身份证明。这些州中有9个州拥有民主党参议员。
这是参议院当晚的最后一场表决，参议院即将离开华盛顿特区，回到面临竞选压力的现任议员家乡开展数周的竞选活动。
参议院共和党人推动为加州冗长的计票设置选举日截止期限
而在此之前，共和党人迄今未能找到推进《拯救美国法案》的途径，民主党人和少数共和党议员曾多次以各种形式阻挠该法案。
赫斯特德的法案本应禁止州和地方选举官员向未提供有效身份证件的人提供联邦选举投票 ballot。
赫斯特德的法案列出了多种可接受的选项，包括带照片的有效驾照、带照片的有效州政府签发身份证、有效护照、带照片的有效军人或退伍军人身份证件，或带照片的有效部落身份证件。
这也不是民主党第一次阻挠该法案。今年3月，共和党人首次就将赫斯特德的法案附加到《拯救美国法案》中进行投票，测试他们对选民身份证的支持度，当时也因党派分歧未获通过。
尽管就《拯救美国法案》发生公开争执，特朗普仍持续致电图恩
犹他州共和党参议员、参议院能源与自然资源委员会主席迈克·李2025年1月16日在华盛顿特区的一场确认听证会上发言。（阿尔·德拉戈/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
在明确唐纳德·特朗普的首要立法议程既无法通过，也无法在议员离开华盛顿特区前进行审议后，共和党人选择最后一次试探民主党人的立场。
“我们有很多民主党人曾说过，‘我完全支持选民身份证’，”犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李说道。“选民身份证是《拯救美国法案》的重要组成部分，我们在2月底和3月初将其提交议会表决时，他们也多次这么说过。”
“这是我从这些人中听到的理由，当时议会辩论持续了好几个小时，他们都说，‘我支持选民身份证，只是不喜欢这个法案’，”他继续说道。“所以我们现在要看看他们到底是什么立场。”
李是参议院中《拯救美国法案》最响亮的支持者，他在X平台上敦促同僚支持通过该一揽子法案。
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共和党人当晚早些时候本有机会开始起草《拯救美国法案》版本，其中包含一项预算蓝图，如果成功，将为党派预算和解程序铺平道路，但特朗普呼吁他们暂缓行动。
如今议员们要到9月初才会返回，而距离可能重塑参议院权力平衡的中期选举仅剩下数周时间。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Schumer said ‘Democrats support voter ID’ — then every Senate Democrat voted against GOP bill
August 8, 2026 5:48am EDT / Fox News
Sen. Husted’s stripped-back bill requiring photo ID such as a passport, military ID, or tribal ID failed on party lines
By Alex Miller, Fox News
Fox News contributor Joe Concha discusses the debate over voter ID, highlighting its significance ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, including the Maine Senate race. President Donald Trump urges the GOP to pass the SAVE America Act ‘before it is too late.’
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Senate Democrats blocked a key component of the SAVE America Act that, in the past, they have supported.
During the wee hours of Saturday morning, Senate Republicans tried and failed to get Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his colleagues to back a stripped back voter ID bill amid a spree of last-minute legislative business.
But Senate Democrats, including Schumer, have for years espoused support for identification to vote. Several states with Democratic senators have voter ID laws, too.
SCHUMER, DEMOCRATS SAY THEY SUPPORT VOTER ID, THEN BLOCK GOP AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE IT
U.S. Senate Minority Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following a weekly policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on June 2, 2026 in Washington, D.C.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“Democrats support voter ID,” Schumer said in March. “In fact, we included it, and it is included, in our Freedom to Vote legislation several years ago.”
Schumer and his entire caucus voted against the bill from Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, nonetheless. Requiring identification is already the practice in 36 states. Of those, 23 require photo ID, while 13 accept another form of identification, such as a bank statement. Nine of those states have Democratic senators.
It was the last stand of the night for the Senate, which is gearing up to leave Washington, D.C., for several weeks of valuable campaign time in vulnerable incumbents’ home states.
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And it comes as Republicans have so far tried and failed to find a path forward for the SAVE America Act, which Democrats, along with a handful from the GOP, have blocked numerous times in a variety of configurations.
Husted’s bill would have prohibited state and local election officials from providing a ballot to vote in federal elections unless a person provided a valid form of identification.
Husted’s bill teed up a plethora of options, including an unexpired driver’s license with a photo, an unexpired state-issued ID card with a photo, a valid passport, a valid military or veteran ID with a photo or an unexpired tribal ID with a photo.
It’s also not the first time Democrats have blocked it. In March, Republicans tested their support of voter ID for the first time in a vote to attach Husted’s bill to the SAVE America Act. It failed on party lines then, too.
TRUMP KEEPS CALLING THUNE DESPITE PUBLIC FIGHT OVER SAVE AMERICA ACT
Senator Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah and chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, during a confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
After it became clear that President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority was not going to be passed nor even considered before lawmakers exit Washington, D.C., Republicans opted to take one last crack at Democrats’ resolve.
“We’ve got many Democrats, who have said, ‘I’m just fine with voter ID,’” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said. “Voter ID is a major component of SAVE America, and they’ve said that over and over again when we had it on the floor in late February and early March.”
“It was the argument that I heard from many of these people, as it was on the floor for hours and hours at a time, saying, ‘I’m okay with voter ID, don’t like this,’” he continued. “So we’re gonna find out where they are.”
Lee has been the loudest supporter of the SAVE America Act in the Senate, pushing and prodding his colleagues on X to get on board with passing the package.
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Republicans had a chance earlier in the night to begin the work of crafting a version of the SAVE America Act with a budget blueprint that, if successful, would have teed up the partyline budget reconciliation process, but were called to stand down by Trump.
Now, they don’t return until early September, just weeks out from a midterm election that could reshape the balance of power in the Senate.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.