NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sen. John Fetterman<\/a>, D-Pa., is continuing his streak of breaking with his party \u2014 this time on voter ID legislation gaining momentum in the Senate.<\/p>\n Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer<\/a>, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats have near-unanimously rejected the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, election integrity legislation that made its way through the House earlier this week.<\/p>\n Schumer has dubbed the legislation “Jim Crow 2.0,” arguing it would suppress voters rather than encourage more secure elections.<\/p>\n COLLINS BOOSTS REPUBLICAN VOTER ID EFFORT, BUT WON\u2019T SCRAP FILIBUSTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to a reporter as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote Dec. 3, 2025.<\/span> (Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But Fetterman, who has repeatedly rejected his party\u2019s messaging and positions<\/a>, pushed back on Schumer\u2019s framing of the bill.<\/p>\n “I would never refer to the SAVE Act as like Jim Crow 2.0 or some kind of mass conspiracy,” Fetterman told Fox News\u2019 Kayleigh McEnany on “Saturday in America.”<\/p>\n “But that’s part of the debate that we were having here in the Senate<\/a> right now,” he continued. “And I don’t call people names or imply that it’s something gross about the terrible history of Jim Crow.”<\/p>\n The bill would require voters to present photo identification before casting ballots, require proof of citizenship in person when registering to vote and mandate states remove non-citizens from voter rolls.<\/p>\n MURKOWSKI BREAKS WITH GOP ON VOTER ID, SAYS PUSH \u2018IS NOT HOW WE BUILD TRUST\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced her support for the SAVE America Act but won’t go as far as to nuke the Senate filibuster.\u00a0<\/span> (Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Momentum is building among Republicans. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, became the 50th member of the conference to back the legislation. But Senate Democrats have all but guaranteed its demise in the upper chamber, via the filibuster.<\/p>\n Fetterman would not say whether he supports the bill outright. However, he noted that “84% of Americans have no problem with presenting IDs to vote<\/a>.”<\/p>\n “So it’s not like a radical idea,” Fetterman said. “It’s not something \u2014 and there already are many states that show basic IDs. So that’s where we are in the Senate.”<\/p>\n HARDLINE CONSERVATIVES DOUBLE DOWN TO SAVE THE SAVE ACT<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats are ready to buck the SAVE Act.\u00a0<\/span> (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Even if Fetterman were to support the bill on the floor, it is unlikely to pass without more significant procedural changes.<\/p>\n There are currently not enough votes to overcome the Senate\u2019s 60-vote filibuster threshold.<\/p>\n Fetterman is also not keen on eliminating the filibuster<\/a> \u2014 a position shared by most Senate Republicans.<\/p>\n![\"john](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1200\/675\/fetterman.png?ve=1&tl=1\")
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