SAVE America Act/DHS Funding: Why the Senate Abandoned the Vote │ Mitchell, Jenks
The SAVE America Act is on the Senate floor — and the Senate just ran away from it. In this launch episode of The Jenny Beth Show as a daily program, Jenny Beth Martin breaks down exactly what happened when Republican senators left Washington in the middle of the night without passing the SAVE America Act, without fully funding the Department of Homeland Security, and without securing one dollar for ICE. That's not a metaphor. The legislative text zeroed out funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement entirely. Joining Jenny Beth is Cleta Mitchell, Senior Legal Fellow at the Conservative Partnership Institute and founder of the Election Integrity Network — one of the leading voices driving the SAVE America Act from grassroots pressure to the Senate floor. Together, they walk through the three components of the SAVE America Act: documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, photo ID at the polls, and mandatory voter roll comparison to federal citizenship databases. They expose the Senate parliamentarian interpretation that has effectively neutered the filibuster and made it nearly impossible to pass legislation with a simple majority — and why that is a constitutional crisis. Also covered: the birthright citizenship case heading to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, what you can do right now to make your senators answer for this, and a closing note of American pride — NASA's Artemis 2 lunar flyby launches the same day. This is the show built to answer one question: "How do I make a difference?" Start here. Call your senators: 202-224-3121 teapartypatriots.org | jennybethshow.com
The Jenny Beth Show · Jenny Beth Martin, Cleta Mitchell
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Show Notes
GUESTS
Cleta Mitchell is a Senior Legal Fellow at the Conservative Partnership Institute and founder of the Election Integrity Network. She has been at the center of the fight to pass the SAVE America Act, leading the grassroots coalition effort that pressured Senate leadership to bring the bill to the floor for debate. Resources: electionintegritynetwork.org and saveamericaactcoalition.com.
Rosemary Jinks is co-founder and Policy Director of the Immigration Accountability Project. She joined for the first segment but experienced technical difficulties. Full appearance coming soon.
KEY TOPICS
- What the SAVE America Act actually does — all three components explained
- How Republican senators voted to zero out ICE funding at 2:19 AM, then went home on recess
- The Senate parliamentarian interpretation that's blocking passage without 60 votes
- Why Cleta Mitchell calls this a constitutional crisis — and what to do about it
- Senate Democrats voted no on a standalone voter ID amendment — twice
- What grassroots activists should do right now: calls, office visits, citizen pledge
- Birthright citizenship oral arguments at the Supreme Court — Wednesday, April 1
- NASA Artemis 2: first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years, launching Wednesday
EPISODE BREAKDOWN
02:37 — Opening: Senate votes to defund DHS and ICE; show launch as daily program
04:27 — What's at stake: 96 days to America's 250th birthday; 220 days to the midterms
07:14 — Guest introductions: Cleta Mitchell and Rosemary Jinks
08:06 — SAVE America Act background: how it got to the Senate floor
09:09 — The three components of the SAVE America Act explained
11:13 — Senate floor vote breakdown: all Republicans + one Democrat voted yes
13:22 — Pro forma sessions: why the Senate went on recess and what that blocks
14:37 — Democrats voted no on standalone voter ID — twice
17:00 — Constitutional crisis: judiciary overreach + Senate parliamentarian blockade
19:04 — The parliamentarian interpretation that resets the two-speech rule
22:18 — What happens if Republicans can't show their majority matters
25:16 — Jenny Beth in South Dakota: Thune's own constituents feel betrayed
28:35 — What YOU should do right now: calls, office visits, SaveAmericaActCoalition.com
35:24 — Speaker Johnson reads the $0 ICE text aloud — Republicans had agreed to it
37:19 — Jenny Beth reads Section 4 of the DHS bill: "shall be zero"
41:29 — Two people killed by illegal immigrants since DHS funding was zeroed out
45:04 — Call to action: 202-224-3121 — call both senators today
46:01 — Birthright citizenship: Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday
47:22 — Peter Schweitzer's research: China and surrogate citizenship strategy
52:36 — Shout-out: Senators Mike Lee, Rick Scott, and Ron Johnson
55:02 — NASA Artemis 2 launch — first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years
LINKS
Call your senators: 202-224-3121
SAVE America Act Coalition:saveamericaactcoalition.com
Citizen's Pledge: saveamericaactcoalition.com
Pass the SAVE America Act:passthesaveamericaact.com
Election Integrity Network:electionintegritynetwork.org
Tea Party Patriots Action:teapartypatriots.org
The Jenny Beth Show: jennybethshow.com