Require voters to show a valid ID when voting.

Mike Johnson · Louisiana · Republican

policy impact 0.65 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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Roll Call reported that the SAVE America Act, described as a voter ID package requiring proof of citizenship to register and photo ID at the polls, had hit an “immovable wall” in the Senate and remained stalled there as the House returned from August recess.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the Aug. 30-Sept. 1 lookback window, strong congressional reporting indicates the relevant federal voter-ID effort had not become law and was still blocked in the Senate.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Still on the House agenda? Tension with the Senate
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Johnson’s office said the SAVE America Act had passed the House and quoted Johnson saying, “Proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote” are necessary and important, while urging Senate Democrats to support the legislation.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Johnson took concrete action and publicly pushed House-passed legislation containing a federal photo-ID voting requirement, but this evidence shows House passage and advocacy rather than final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Speaker Johnson: The SAVE America Act is Not Controversial to Anyone Except Washington Democrats
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

The promise requires an enacted federal voter-ID requirement for voting. Johnson materially advanced and publicly advocated the SAVE America Act, which passed the House and included a valid photo ID requirement, but the evidence indicates it remained stalled in the Senate and had not become law as of September 1, 2026. That is a serious legislative effort but not delivery of the promised outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%