Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has expressed frustration with the GOP leadership’s approach to the SAVE Act, a bill designed to reform and modernize the U.S. immigration system.
While the bill gained traction in the House, Greene is concerned that it’s being used more for political theater than for serious legislative efforts.
The SAVE Act, passed by the House on July 10, 2024, received bipartisan support with five Democrats joining Republicans to push the bill forward.
The legislation aims to strengthen border security, streamline legal immigration processes, and address some of the root causes of illegal immigration.
Despite its apparent importance, Greene argues that the bill’s chances of success are slim due to significant opposition in the Senate and from the Biden administration.
“Chuck Schumer is completely against it. Joe Biden and the entire White House is totally against the SAVE Act,” Greene said, emphasizing the political hurdles the bill faces.
The opposition from Senate Majority Leader Schumer and President Biden reflects the broader divide between Democrats and Republicans on immigration policy, making the prospect of the bill becoming law unlikely.
Greene’s primary criticism centers around the decision by GOP leadership to tie the SAVE Act to a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR), which funds the government temporarily to avoid a shutdown.
While the SAVE Act tackles immigration, the CR is a separate, routine measure used to ensure federal agencies remain operational.
Greene sees this combination as a strategic mistake, arguing that it dilutes the importance of the immigration reform bill and reduces it to a bargaining chip in the broader fight over government funding.
“Attaching the SAVE Act to a CR is using it for political theater,” Greene noted, expressing her frustration that the GOP leadership appears to be prioritizing short-term political gains over long-term legislative action.
She believes that immigration reform should be a standalone issue, dealt with on its own merits, rather than being lumped into a temporary funding measure.
By linking the SAVE Act to the CR, Republicans may be trying to pressure Democrats into accepting the immigration reform in exchange for avoiding a government shutdown.
However, Greene argues that this tactic weakens the bill’s impact and significance.
With the bill facing near-certain defeat in the Senate and a veto threat from President Biden, Greene is concerned that the GOP leadership is more interested in using the bill as a political statement than in genuinely advancing immigration reform.
For Greene, the approach to the SAVE Act represents a broader issue within the GOP—what she sees as a lack of serious action on important policy matters.
She argues that immigration is too critical an issue to be used for political gamesmanship and is calling for more substantive, focused efforts to pass meaningful legislation.
In summary, while the SAVE Act passed the House with bipartisan support, its chances of becoming law remain slim.
Greene’s frustration highlights the complexities of legislative strategy in Washington, where even significant bills can become entangled in broader political fights, often reducing their chances of success.
i have no confidence in johnson as speaker of the house. he is in a position of power, and he doesn’t seem to know how to leverage it. he never impeached biden, he funds Zelensky’s government and provides weapons and munitions for his army. He has not done anything to secure our elections. whoop de doo. they passed the save act at the tail end of their two year stint with control of the house. they should have had an agenda to pursue while they had control of the house, but republicans as the body in control of the house don’t have any idea about what to do with their power. instead, they are waiting to get control over both houses of congress and the white house before they begin anything. they are miserable failures. they did nothing to secure the border, but they did fund biden’s war against russia and his proxy zelensky’s government. they had two years where they controlled the house and they could have demonstrated their intentions but decided not to try to secure our border and elections. they watched the governor of california fly out to china where he negotiated some secret deal with the premier. the constitution does not allow governors to make treaties with foreign states, but newsome was playing grab ass with a bunch of children playing basketball in china. the media only bothered to cover his trip to china because of his game with the children. then premier xi flew over to california where newsome entertained him, and biden visited him as though he were the foreign leader and xi was running america from california. incidentally, california became a majority mexican population, because liberals have been running sanctuary cities and protecting illegal immigrants for decades. they are pursuing the same agenda in the united states mow, and china is behind the plot.