Anna Paulina Luna vows to attach SAVE Act to every piece of legislation, block House business until it passes

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is raising the stakes in her protests against House and Senate leaders as she digs in her heels, refusing to allow any bills to pass the House until President Trump's SAVE Act successfully passes the Senate. The bill would require voters to verify their citizenship before casting a ballot.

Luna, who has recently become a fierce critic of Senate leadership in particular, railed against the upper chamber on X. "We are coming up on America's 250th birthday, and we have feckless leadership in the Senate refusing to pass the SAVE America Act," she wrote.

"Should I also mention there are members in my own chamber who are more concerned about putting Senators in a 'tough spot' on the NDAA than passing SAVE America?" she continued. "Did you not all run on this and promise this to your voters? Don't worry. Even though some of you are making comments about me in the press, I won't respond back with your incredibly brilliant stock trades that smell like insider trading, especially given your committees of jurisdiction. It's okay, the American people will do that for me. So yes, 1,000%, the rule will go down until you attach the SAVE America Act. I don't care who in this chamber hates me for it. I don't work for you. I don't work for Washington. I work for the American people. It's time the House force the Senate to do their jobs. Failure is not an option. Happy 250th, America."

Luna plans on using the House as a tool of leverage against the Senate, pressuring the Republican majority body to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote, among other measures. The bill has successfully passed in the House several times, and while there has been spirited debate surrounding the bill in the Senate, Republican defectors have made its passage untenable. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has maintained that the bill does not have the support necessary and that there is not enough support to overcome the 60-vote threshold needed to send the bill to the president.

Luna has been firm in her support for the voter ID bill, recently pressing to add it as an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill and to every bill that reauthorizes the nation's spy powers or budget reconciliation bill, per The Hill.

"Add it to every must-pass bill," Luna said. "Our frontline members promised this to their voters. Let's deliver."

This strategy has earned the Florida representative some criticism from her fellow House members, with Republican Rep. Don Bacon calling the plan "dumb."