Speaker: House to Pass SAVE Act 'One More Time' in a Reconciliation Bill

On Sunday, speaking with host Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04) spoke on several topics, but one that leaped out was the upcoming attempt by the House to resurrect the SAVE America Act, which would place federal requirements on proof of citizenship for voter registration and presenting an ID when actually voting. The Speaker indicated that the House will try to include the Act in a reconciliation bill, which only requires 50 votes in the Senate to pass.

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On the SAVE America Act, the Speaker said:

We have the smallest margin in US history. I functionally have a one-vote margin on most days. And so, we worked through everybody's uh preferences on legislation. And this week uh a handful of Republicans took down the rule, the procedure rule to advance legislation. I just decided it was best to send everybody home to go celebrate July 4th in their districts. We'll come back and gather everybody together. The big urgency is to get Save America passed. The president has that as a top priority, and so do I. We passed it three times in the House. We're going to try one more time on a budget reconciliation bill, and I think that will be the way to get it through the Senate and finally to the president's desk. So that's forthcoming.

The Speaker also indicated that some portions of the Act may fall by the wayside:

Yes, he would like to add the prohibition of mail and balloting except for exceptions like if somebody's deployed overseas or they're ill or can't get to the polling place. But he understands that one is a is a bigger reach. If we can get proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote, that eliminates so much of the problem, all the fraud and everything that everybody's concerned about in our elections, particularly, frankly, in these blue states. Look at California. They're still counting ballots from an election that happened a month ago. It's crazy, and everybody understands that.

A piece on Sunday in The Hill was less optimistic. They included this gem:

Democrats have been outspoken in their opposition to the SAVE America Act, with many saying it is a return to Jim Crow laws and warning that it would disenfranchise women, Black and college-age voters.

The Democrats who are claiming that, of course, are putting forth the stuff one finds at the south end of a northbound horse. The SAVE America Act would not disenfranchise anyone. It's not possible to get by in our modern world without an ID. That has to be one of the most ridiculous arguments in the history of politics, and in that it's up against some pretty tough competition.

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At this juncture, in this first week of July, it's not at all clear that this legislation could get done by the time of this fall's midterm election. If this became law tomorrow, there would still have to be time for the states to adjust their policies and procedures accordingly, and it's for sure and for certain that the blue states, like California, New York, and so on, would slow-walk it as much as possible. But we can expect it to be fully in place before the 2028 election, and that still makes it a vital task.

In fact, once again, this is the single most important piece of legislation before Congress in this session. We've already seen an increasing disregard for any pretense of election integrity from the left; if the door doesn't get slammed on that, our elections will only get worse, and the American people will have less and less faith in our elections.

So, the House is trying again. Cross your fingers.

This seems appropriate.

Editor’s Note: Republicans are fighting for election integrity by requiring proper identification to vote.

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