House Set to Vote as GOP Leaders Hope NDAA, SAVE America Act Gambit Unlocks Floor
Johnson plans to attach the voter ID bill to the $1.15 trillion defense measure as Luna threatens to block floor action without it.
- Speaker Mike Johnson introduced a plan Monday to break House gridlock by attaching the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility America Act to the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act .
- The House Rules Committee advanced the rule along party lines by a vote of 8-4, addressing a GOP blockade that previously prevented leadership from advancing key appropriations bills this week.
- Representative Anna Paulina Luna argues the Senate will simply "strip out either or" from the bill text, citing concerns that the "MIRVing" merger process cannot guarantee passage.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been unable to pass the voter measure, while Representative Jim McGovern warned colleagues the strategy offers "false hope" to hard-liners.
- Johnson requires near-unanimous Republican support to pass the procedural rule on Tuesday, though Luna continues pushing amendments to ensure the Senate cannot strip her voter identification provisions.
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Full List of 13 House Republicans Who Tanked Trump's Voter ID Defense Bill Rule
A revolt inside Speaker Mike Johnson's razor-thin Republican majority on Tuesday sank a procedural rule that would have paired Donald Trump's top voter ID bill with the annual defence package, exposing a fractured coalition weeks before the 4th of July recess. The US House rejected the measure 198-224 on 30 June, with 13 Republicans crossing the aisle and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise switching to 'no' as a procedural move to preserve the …
Johnson’s ‘Save America’ NDAA takes aim at DEI, distractions, and military decline
House Speaker Mike Johnson has devised a plan that he believes may be enough to get the SAVE Act passed through Congress. As previously reported, the Trump-backed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would require wannabe voters to prove their citizenship and present an ID to cast a ballot. Johnson’s plan calls for merging the SAVE Act with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), according to The Hill, to force the Senate to pa…
Johnson's 'Save America' NDAA takes aim at DEI, distractions, and military decline · American Wire News
House Speaker Mike Johnson has devised a plan that he believes may be enough to get the SAVE Act passed through Congress. As previously reported, the Trump-backed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would require wannabe voters to prove their citizenship and present an ID to cast a ballot. Johnson’s plan calls for merging the SAVE Act with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), according to The Hill, to force the Senate to pa…
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