Trump presses House Republicans to pass budget with Save America Act

Trump the president urged a yes vote this week on the budget resolution, tying it to voter photo ID, proof of citizenship, farm aid and military funding.

First Published: July 20, 2026, 7:52 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump pressed House Republicans to pass a budget resolution this week that carries his election-integrity agenda.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Thank you to our Great Speaker, Mike Johnson, the House Budget Chairman, Jodey Arrington, and the members of the House Budget Committee, including Lloyd Smucker, Ron Estes, Andrew Clyde, Josh Brecheen, Erin Houchin, Mike Carey, Blake Moore, Jay Obernolte, Tom McClintock, and many others, for launching an effort to get AS MUCH of THE SAVE AMERICA ACT as possible in a Budget Bill, along with aid to our incredible Farmers, and funding for our Military. We need Voter Photo ID (Identification!), Proof of Citizenship and, hopefully, No Corrupt Mail In Ballots (except for illness, disability, Military, or travel). I am asking all House Republicans to VOTE YES this week on the Budget Resolution, which is an important first step towards getting a Budget Bill. House Republicans must UNIFY, and fight for THE SAVE AMERICA ACT! Trump”

Trump thanked Speaker Mike Johnson and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington in the post on July 20, 2026 at 11:38 AM ET. He credited committee Republicans Lloyd Smucker, Ron Estes, Andrew Clyde, Josh Brecheen, Erin Houchin, Mike Carey, Blake Moore, Jay Obernolte and Tom McClintock for an effort to fold his priorities into a spending package.

The president framed the resolution as an early step toward a broader budget bill. He tied the measure to farm aid and military funding, and to voter photo identification, proof of citizenship and limits on mail-in ballots, with exceptions for illness, disability, military service or travel.

A budget resolution sets top-line spending targets and can unlock reconciliation, a process that lets the majority move fiscal legislation through the Senate on a simple majority. That mechanism matters because it clears the 60-vote threshold normally needed to overcome a filibuster, according to rules.house.gov.

The stakes fall on farmers seeking federal support, on the Pentagon’s funding levels, and on state election procedures. Voters in states that permit no-excuse mail voting would face the largest changes if such conditions became federal policy.

Has this happened before? Trump has repeatedly pushed election-integrity language into legislative fights. He backed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which passed the House and required documentary proof of citizenship to register, according to congress.gov.

The next move belongs to the full House, which Trump asked to vote yes this week on the resolution. A precise floor date for a final budget bill has not been announced.

Congressional thank-you posts tying policy demands to must-pass bills are not new for this president. Trump used the same lever during the 2017 tax debate, when the House passed its budget resolution on a 216-212 vote to open the reconciliation path, according to congress.gov. That earlier resolution cleared the way for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he signed in December 2017, cementing a template he now revives.