House Republicans Pass 217-209 Voting Bill-Spending Package as Senate Democrats Vow to Block It
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 15
House Republicans Pass 217-209 Voting Bill-Spending Package as Senate Democrats Vow to Block It
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 15
Summary
A 217-209 House vote approved a State Department spending bill tied to the Save America Act, reviving Republicans’ push for nationwide voting restrictions at Trump’s insistence.
The measure would ban mail-in ballots and add voter ID requirements for registration and voting, which Republicans say targets non-citizen voting and fraud despite no evidence of widespread tampering.
Chuck Schumer said the bill is “dead on arrival” in the Senate, where Democrats oppose it and can use the filibuster to stop it again.
Trump has already tied Save America to other priorities, including a foreign surveillance law and a housing bill he refused to sign, while hard-right House members briefly froze floor action to force movement.
Attaching the election measure to appropriations bills could disrupt the usually bipartisan funding process and raise the risk of a government shutdown later this year.