House set to vote as GOP leaders hope NDAA, SAVE America Act gambit unlocks floor
Key takeaways
- The chamber is scheduled to vote at 1:30 p.m. on a procedural rule to tee up a vote on the House s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
- While the House has passed the SAVE America Act multiple times, hardline Republicans had derailed House action last week as they and Trump called on the Senate to pass the voting bill.
- Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said that the plan to merge the bills is the most efficient, effective way to do it.
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The chamber is scheduled to vote at 1:30 p.m. on a procedural rule to tee up a vote on the House s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). That rule would tie the NDAA to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and voter ID to cast a ballot, and send them to the Senate as a single package.
While the House has passed the SAVE America Act multiple times, hardline Republicans had derailed House action last week as they and Trump called on the Senate to pass the voting bill. The gambit to tie the SAVE America Act to the NDAA is an attempt to prevent the issue from similarly halting this week s work.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said that the plan to merge the bills is the most efficient, effective way to do it.