Republicans Promising To Pass SAVE Act Via Reconciliation Are Lying
Requiring voter ID to vote and proof of citizenship to register to vote has broad support across party lines. The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act would implement those requirements in federal elections by amending the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.
But the challenge in getting it passed is not public support - it's the Republican controlled Senate. Some Republicans have suggested the SAVE America Act could be passed through budget reconciliation, but such an option is "essentially impossible."
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said he "would include the SAVE Act as part of that reconciliation bill, as well. We wouldn't need 60 votes. We wouldn't need 55 votes. We'd only need 51 votes & I would go get a really smart lawyer and ask them to help us craft a SAVE Act that can survive a Byrd bath. I would do those two things in reconciliation or at least open up ICE through reconciliation."..........................
But as Sen. Mike Lee posted, "It's hard to imagine how the SAVE America Act could be passed through reconciliation[.] And by 'hard' I mean 'essentially impossible.'"