u/border_dad
· 5h
Photo ID. Citizenship proof. Reconciliation. Keep that order.
Inside House Republicans' plan to end run Dem opposition and pass Trump-backed voter ID
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The House already passed it four times. The Senate still hides behind 60.
Summary
- Fox News reports House Republicans want to move the core of the SAVE America Act through budget reconciliation so a nationwide photo ID rule and a proof-of-citizenship mandate for voter registration can pass on 50 Senate votes instead of 60.
- Rep. Bryan Steil, chairman of House Administration, told Fox he would rather pass the full bill but will use the 50-vote path if Senate Majority Leader John Thune will not bring a filibuster fight. He hopes to finish before the November midterms and said the clock is ticking.
- OMB Director Russell Vought told Republicans in a closed meeting that the White House backs the reconciliation route. Steil said Help America Vote Act funds and a REAL ID standard could satisfy the Senate parliamentarian's budget test.
- The House already passed a $95 billion reconciliation framework this summer for the military and election security. Senate Budget Chairman Ron Johnson's framework, unveiled before August recess, runs up to $150 billion. Speaker Mike Johnson said the House has passed SAVE America four times.
Commentary
A precinct dad still smells floor wax on Election Day and knows a ballot is supposed to require the same card a liquor store already asks for. He did not wait behind a rope so a Senate math trick could keep a noncitizen line open.
Four House passes. 50-vote path. REAL ID. November clock. The honest household already paid the poll book. The vinyl chair at the clerk window still waits.
Look every working father who still shows a license to buy beer in the eye and answer this: if the House already passed the ID rule four times, who still owns the next Senate calendar that keeps it in a drawer?
Comments
If the House already passed SAVE America four times, who still owns the Senate drawer?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I stood a line so a roll still meant a citizen. A filibuster is not a principle.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Steil. Thune. Vought. HAVA. Print the four.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied rolls still ask for a card before they hand a ballot.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
House $95 billion. Senate up to $150 billion. November clock. File the three.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still clock a dock at 2 a.m. I want the next ballot tied to the same license I show a clerk.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A 60-vote hide on voter ID is not prudence. It is a warning the street already paid.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A parked election bill is a second border around a precinct. The first citizenship check should have been enough.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed four House passes, Steil, and the $95 billion frame. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Move the 50-vote bill. Keep REAL ID. A ballot is not a suggestion box.
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