Published by TrenBuzz.com | June 25, 2026 | BREAKING
Key Points at a Glance – Anna Paulina Luna House Blockade Shuts Down Congress
- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is leading the Anna Paulina Luna House blockade and vowing to freeze all floor votes until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, Trump’s elections overhaul requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
- “There’s going to be no votes this week, and it’s going to be as long as it takes,” Luna told Fox News Digital.
- Luna locked the House until July 13 after the Senate adjourned for 19 days before the July 4 holiday. “John Thune is running and hiding because he doesn’t want to get voter ID across the finish line,” she posted on X.
- The blockade has already scuttled scheduled votes on two fiscal 2027 appropriations bills and threatens the annual defense bill and two weeks of floor time.
- Trump canceled a planned signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill that passed Congress with veto-proof majorities of 358-32 in the House and 88-5 in the Senate, declaring he would not sign it until the SAVE America Act passes.
- Speaker Mike Johnson ran to Trump on Thursday for help and is expected to pitch a compromise grant program nudging states toward stricter voter ID rules, but Luna has already rejected the proposal as insufficient.
Anna Paulina Luna House Blockade: What She Is Actually Doing and Why
Luna and allied conservatives opposed the sweeping housing bill as part of their pledge to vote “no” on every piece of legislation that comes over from the Senate until the SAVE America Act passes.
“They don’t get to go home and say that they’re getting wins for the American people when they’re not even able to deliver on that 80/20 issue,” Luna said, referring to the SAVE America Act.
The SAVE America Act: What Trump’s Voter ID Bill Actually Requires
The SAVE America Act, formally the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, was introduced in January 2026 and passed the House in February by a vote of 218-213. The bill has stalled in the Senate since April due to internal GOP opposition and the procedural votes required to overcome a Democratic filibuster.
Luna warned: “I want to warn the American people that you cannot get SAVE America Act on reconciliation. It’s not possible to be done, so we’re not drinking the Kool-Aid on that. Unless the Senate decides to fire the parliamentarian, nothing will change.”
Republican Frustration Grows Inside the Conference
“She’s going to have to start being a team player here,” Rep. Ronny Jackson fumed. “You can’t be a team of one.”
Johnson is expected to pitch Trump a compromise, a grant program nudging states toward stricter voter ID rules. Luna has already shot it down as insufficient.
The Anna Paulina Luna House blockade is the most dramatic floor shutdown by a single House member since 2023. With the Senate on vacation until July 13, the standoff will dominate Washington through Independence Day.
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