This episode of Congress in Context explores a day of high-stakes legislative gridlock as the 119th Congress debates the SAVE America Act, a controversial bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration. While Republicans champion the measure as a necessary safeguard for election integrity, Democrats denounce it as a voter suppression tactic that creates undue burdens for millions of eligible citizens, such as married women with name changes and rural residents without easy access to passports. The debate unfolds against a backdrop of mounting geopolitical and domestic crises, including an undeclared, unauthorized war in Iran that has caused gas prices to skyrocket and a 34-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security that continues to withh ...