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House Speaker Plans Fourth Attempt to Pass SAVE Act via Reconciliation
House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House will take up the SAVE Act after the July 4 recess. The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot. Johnson said the measure will be packaged in a budget reconciliation bill.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said on July 5 that the House will attempt to pass the SAVE Act a fourth time after lawmakers return from the July 4 recess. The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID to cast a ballot. The House has passed versions of the measure three times previously.
Johnson said the House plans to include the SAVE Act in a budget reconciliation bill to allow passage in the Senate with a simple majority. He described the package as one that would increase affordability, reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in government, and secure elections.
Johnson stated on Fox News Sunday that proof of citizenship and photo ID requirements would eliminate fraud concerns in elections, particularly in blue states.
He said he believes President Trump will accept a version of the bill that does not include provisions limiting mail-in ballots or restricting transgender athletes and transgender medical care for minors. The SAVE Act has stalled for weeks due to opposition from a handful of Republican senators, including Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
Murkowski said she opposes the legislation because it would require implementing new rules in the middle of an election cycle with no federal resources provided. President Trump urged passage of the SAVE Act in a July 4 speech on the National Mall and called for eliminating mail-in ballots except in cases of illness, disability, military deployment, or travel.
