Senator Tommy Tuberville warns that Graham’s passing leaves a procedural void as Speaker Mike Johnson attaches the voter ID bill to Reconciliation 3.0
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as the chamber seeks to get back in working order amid a weekslong floor standoff. Conservative hard-liners have aggressively pushed for movement on President Trump’s SAVE America Act, an election reform bill that would require proof of citizenship at voter registration and photo IDs when casting ballots, among other legislative priorities. #housegop #mikejohnson #trump
President Trump is refusing to sign a landmark bipartisan housing bill to protest Senate Republicans' failure to pass an unrelated bill that would tighten voting restrictions . Why it matters: The president's refusal is a symbolic gesture, as the housing bill will become law at midnight — with or without Trump's signature. What they're saying: "I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Friday morning. - "THE SAVE AMERICA ACT'S non-passage is CRAZY, and a serious threat to any politician who votes against it!" Context: The SAVE America…
CHICAGO, IL — In a cruel denial of basic human rights, the Obama Presidential Library has disenfranchised millions of black Americans by requiring photo identification for entry.
Ohio’s Senate has done what the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has failed to do: pass photo ID legislation.
American self-governance rests on one indispensable foundation: that elections reflect the will of eligible citizens, counted accurately and administered transparently. Republicans and election integrity advocates […] Source
Forty-seven Democrats voted against a photo ID amendment on Thursday despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer previously claiming that he was supportive of photo ID. Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) introduced an amendment to the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act that would simply require photo ID to vote. Acceptable forms of ID include an […]
VOTE.org CEO: SAVE America voter ID act is a 'solution in search of a problem' | Sunrise
Tempers are starting to boil within the Senate Republican Conference as disagreements arise over how to handle President Trump’s No. 1 legislative priority, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, which Trump wants to push through the Senate despite staunch Democratic opposition. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a leading proponent of the bill, angered some colleagues this week by suggesting on social media that Republican senators who don’t want to force Democrats to wage a “talking filibuster” to oppose the legislation should be ousted from the Senate. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5788640-save-america-act-republican-senators-trump/ #saveact #senate #congress #democrats #gop