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Trump allies plan Senate floor takeover to pass SAVE America Act
Senate Republicans plan a prolonged floor debate on the SAVE America Act to pressure Democrats and advance voting ID rules supported by 71% of registered voters, polls show.
- Republicans plan to hold the Senate floor for days to discuss a bill requiring stricter voter registration rules, despite knowing it won't pass.
- The legislation, called the SAVE America Act, would require voters to prove US citizenship when registering and show ID at polls.
- Democrats unanimously oppose the bill, saying it would disenfranchise millions of voters without evidence of widespread non-citizen voting.
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Lewiston Sun Journal
Portland Press HeraldWhat would the SAVE America Act mean for voting in Maine?
The Republican-led proposal would require people to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.
GOP launches effort to talk voting measure | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON -- Republicans launched an unprecedented effort Tuesday to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won't pass -- an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November's midterm elections.
Force the Democrats to filibuster the SAVE America Act * WorldNetDaily * by Robert Knight
Source link I rarely find myself disagreeing with the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, which is reliably conservative most of the time. So, I was surprised when the editorial board on Thursday pegged the SAVE America Act as a lost cause and advised Republicans to abandon it. The bill, which would secure America’s elections, is
JUST IN: Thune Throws Cold Water On Passing The SAVE Act
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) indicated that the GOP-controlled Senate does not have the necessary votes to deploy a “talking” filibuster, an older Senate procedure that requires members opposed to a piece of legislation to physically block it through speeches. Failure to deploy the talking filibuster essentially means that the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, commonly known as the SAVE Act, will not pass. “We don’t even have…
Senate Opens Debate On SAVE America Act Amid Sharp Partisan Divide
by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – The Senate voted 51–48 on Tuesday to begin debate on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a Republican-backed bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot. The procedural vote fell largely along party lines, with Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski opposing the measure and North Ca…
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