参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩(John Thune)周一重申，不会改变参议院的规则，以通过共和党领导的选举改革法案，唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统要求将该法案送到他的办公桌上。
“是的，这不会发生，”图恩在被美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)问及参议院要求60票才能推进大多数立法事项的规则是否会因特朗普通过新的压力运动而改变时表示拯救美国法案这将在11月的中期选举前改变选民身份证的要求。
图恩说:“总统显然对拯救美国法案非常感兴趣，尽管他想要一个修改后的版本，所以我们会尽最大努力做到这一点。”“但我一直说的一件事是，我告诉他和其他人，我不能保证结果。我不能保证有结果。如果结果只是通过阻挠立法来实现，我们没有足够的票数来这样做，所以这不是一个-这只是一个不现实的选择。”
图恩发表评论之前，特朗普周日威胁要在所有立法上签字，直到《拯救美国法案》送到他的办公桌上。
“这件事必须马上做。它取代了一切。必须排在队伍的最前面。作为总统，我不会签署其他法案，直到这一法案获得通过，”特朗普在其社交媒体平台上的一篇帖子中说。
特朗普在他的帖子中提到了利用所谓的“说话阻挠议事”通过拯救美国法案的可能性。“说话阻挠议事”将改变参议院的运作程序，允许参议员回避目前要求60票才能推进大多数立法的规则。它可以看到立法者在地板上就无数的修正案进行不知疲倦的演讲。
图恩警告说，如果不改变规则来修改它的工作方式，像现在这样的“说话式阻挠议事”可能会很快成为一个“数月之久”的过程，吃掉宝贵的参议院发言时间，而没有保证结果。他说，没有足够的支持来改变规则。
“我们在参议院的时间是有限的资源，我们需要明智地使用它，尽可能多地完成任务，”图恩说。
什么是拯救美国法案?
《拯救美国法案》是共和党发起的选举改革法案。它将限制邮寄选票，要求在投票站出示带照片的身份证，并要求各州在登记个人在联邦选举中投票之前获得公民身份证明。
这众议院勉强通过了这项法案二月，在一名民主党人的支持下。但该措施在参议院面临更艰难的斗争，民主党人发誓要阻止它的推进。
少数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)周日晚上在X上的一篇帖子中表示，特朗普的威胁不会改变民主党人阻挠该法案的承诺。
“拯救法案是吉姆克劳2.0。这会剥夺数千万人的选举权。“如果特朗普说，在拯救法案通过之前，他不会签署任何法案，那就这样吧:参议院将完全陷入僵局，”舒默发布道。参议院民主党人在任何情况下都不会帮助通过拯救法案。"
周一，图恩表示，一旦参议院完成对一项住房措施的工作，他就可以将《拯救美国法案》提交众议院表决，该法案目前正在众议院通过，尚未就国土安全部的资金问题达成协议。
但是，根据目前的参议院规则，对该法案的投票不太可能通过，因此可能无法满足总统将该法案提交给他的要求。
特朗普的威胁对国会事务意味着什么?
国会可能需要就一些重要的立法采取行动，这些立法可能因特朗普拒绝签署法案而陷入停滞。
一名白宫官员周一告诉美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)，特朗普拒绝签署立法的威胁不适用于立法者为资助DHS而达成的任何潜在资金解决方案，该方案的部分内容自2月14日以来一直被关闭移民和海关执法的资金斗争.
如果国会就该部门的资金问题达成协议，特朗普将需要签署该法案，使其成为法律。
“总统指的是其他法案，而不是DHS的资金，”这位官员说。“如果民主党做了正确的事情，通过了对DHS的资助，总统当然会资助这个机构。”
但由于特朗普的威胁，还有其他法案可能会被搁置。
如果国会要批准任何针对伊朗冲突的额外补充资金，也需要特朗普的签字。目前正在参议院通过的两党经济适用房立法的关键部分也是如此。
图恩周一表示，尽管特朗普发出威胁，但他希望他最终仍会支持一些关键的立法。
图恩说:“我知道他对《拯救美国法案》充满热情，他的声明就是这一点的表达，但我希望在一天结束时，如果我们能在这里把事情做完，并把立法放在他的桌子上，他会找到签署它的方法。”
没有总统的签署，立法仍然可以实施，但是会被推迟。
如果在国会开会期间，总统在10天内(不包括周日)没有对提交给他的法案采取行动，该法案将自动成为法律。
如果特朗普否决立法而不是简单地拒绝签署，立法者将不得不提交具有防否决多数的法案，这需要两院三分之二的多数。从特朗普的帖子中还不清楚他是否威胁要否决立法。
当被问及特朗普是否威胁要否决立法时，白宫将美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)引回了总统的帖子，其中没有具体提到否决。
Thune says no to filibuster changes even after Trump's threats about SAVE America Act
Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Monday reiterated that there would not be changes to Senate rules in order to pass a Republican-led election reform bill that President Donald Trump has demanded be sent to his desk.
"Yeah, that's not going to happen," Thune said when asked by ABC News about whether Senate rules requiring 60 votes to advance most legislative matters could be altered in light of Trump's new pressure campaign to pass theSAVE America Act, which would change voter ID requirements ahead of November's midterm elections.
"The president clearly is very interested in getting the SAVE America bill up and voted on, although he wants a modified version of it, and so we'll do our best to do that," Thune said. "But the one thing I've said all along is, and I've told him and others, that I can't guarantee an outcome. I can't guarantee a result. If the result is only achieved by nuking the legislative filibuster, we don't have the votes to do that and so that's not a -- that's just not a realistic option."
Thune's comments come after Trump on Sunday threatened to withhold his signature on all legislation until the SAVE America Act is delivered to his desk.
"It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed," Trump said in a post on his social media platform.
In his post, Trump mentioned the possibility of utilizing the so-called "talking filibuster" to pass the SAVE America Act. The "talking filibuster" would be a change to Senate operating procedure that would allow senators to side-step the current rules requiring 60 votes to advance most legislation. It could see lawmakers making tireless speeches on endless numbers of amendments on the floor.
Absent a rules change to modify how it would work, Thune warned, a "talking filibuster" like the one being floated could quickly become a "monthslong" process that eats up valuable Senate floor time with no guaranteed outcome. There's not enough support, he said, to change the rules.
"Our time in the Senate is a finite resource and it's something that we need to use wisely and well to get as much done as we can," Thune said.
What is the SAVE America Act?
The SAVE America Act is a Republican-sponsored election reform bill. It would restrict mail-in ballots, require photo ID at polling places and mandate that states obtain proof of citizenship before registering a person to vote in a federal election.
TheHouse narrowly passed the billin February with the support of a singular Democrat. But the measure faces a harder battle in the Senate, where Democrats have vowed to block it from advancing.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a post on X on Sunday evening, said Trump's threat does not change Democrats' commitment to stonewall the bill.
"The SAVE Act is Jim Crow 2.0. It would disenfranchise tens of millions of people.If Trump is saying he won't sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: there will be total gridlock in the Senate," Schumer posted. "Senate Democrats will not help pass the SAVE Act under any circumstances."
On Monday, Thune suggested he could bring the SAVE America Act up for a floor vote as soon as the Senate completes its work on a housing measure that is currently making its way through the chamber and absent an agreement on funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
But a vote on that bill is unlikely to pass under the current Senate rules, and therefore may not meet the president's demands to send it to his desk.
What does Trump's threat mean for congressional business?
Congress may need to act on a number of important pieces of legislation that could be stalled by Trump's refusal to sign bills.
A White House official told ABC News on Monday that Trump's threat to withhold his signature on legislation does not apply to any potential funding solution that lawmakers reach to fund the DHS, parts of which have been shut down since Feb. 14 amid afunding fight over Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
If Congress reached an agreement on funding for the department, Trump's signature would be needed to enact that bill into law.
"The president was referring to other bills, not DHS funding," the official said. "If the Democrats do the right thing and pass funding for DHS, the president will, of course, fund the agency."
But there are other bills that could potentially come up that might be stalled due to Trump's threat.
If Congress were to approve any additional supplemental funding for the conflict in Iran, that would also require Trump's signature. So too would a key piece of bipartisan affordable housing legislation that is making its way through the Senate right now.
Thune said on Monday that he hopes Trump may still ultimately support some key pieces of legislation despite his threat.
"I know he is passionate about the SAVE America Act and his statement was an expression of that, but I hope at the end of the day that if we can move things across the floor here and actually put legislation on his desk, that he will find a way to sign it," Thune said.
Legislation can still be enacted without the president's signature, but it would be delayed.
If the president takes no action on a bill delivered to his desk for 10 days, excluding Sundays, while Congress is in session, a bill automatically becomes law.
If Trump vetoed legislation instead of simply refusing to sign it, lawmakers would have to present bills with veto-proof majorities, which requires 2/3 majorities in both chambers. It's not clear from Trump's post whether he's threatening to veto legislation.
When asked about whether Trump is threatening to veto legislation, the White House referred ABC News back to the president's post, which makes no specific reference to vetoes.
