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News & Current Events Apr 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM

The Republicans’ Flimsy Plan to Pass Their Terrible Voter ID Bill

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The Republicans’ Flimsy Plan to Pass Their Terrible Voter ID Bill
The New Republic
The Republicans’ Flimsy Plan to Pass Their Terrible Voter ID Bill
GOP senators are considering pushing the SAVE America Act through the complicated budget reconciliation process. But the chamber’s parliamentarian might have other ideas.
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PlsSuckMyToes Apr 1, 2026 +1
For the love of god, can the media stop calling the SAVE Act just a "voter ID" bill.
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Specialist-Clock-914 Apr 1, 2026 +1
*Proof of Citizenship that majority of Americans cannot obtain in time of the elections or are too costly for people to achieve
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forthewatch39 Apr 1, 2026 +1
The media has been compromised for a while now. Going to need to start talking to people ourselves and spread the word that way. 
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Archietooth Apr 1, 2026 +1
Framing it as a “Voter ID” Bill is such shameless bad faith.  It’s nauseating. 
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lotta_love Apr 1, 2026 +1
**Sub-headline** *GOP senators are considering pushing the SAVE America Act through the complicated budget reconciliation process. But the chamber’s parliamentarian might have other ideas.*
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Zanac36532 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Anything they can do to cheat the American people out of their votes. Such lying, cheating bastards
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Outrageous-Meal3221 Apr 1, 2026 +1
The media implicates themselves by not calling this what it is - a voter restriction bill
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Ozymandias12 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Lol. Thats not making it through a Byrd bath. This is some serious desperation.
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Mike_Pences_Mother Apr 1, 2026 +1
The parliamentarian will absolutely have an issue with this because it doesn't fit the bill for what they want to do.
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Ven18 Apr 1, 2026 +1
The parliamentarian only matters when Democrat priorities are involved because Dems will cave to them and use it as an excuse why they could pass things. The GOP will just ignore the parliamentarian. How exactly does the parliamentarian enforce anything?
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Mike_Pences_Mother Apr 1, 2026 +1
It's not as easy as you think.
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BlueLikeCat Apr 1, 2026 +1
Same way that normally Congress is responsible for taxes and and the Senate for treaties, Trump took that, the R's in both houses bent over and said more daddy.
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BloodRedRook Apr 1, 2026 +1
They didn't the last time the parliamentarian ruled against them.
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pdxtech Apr 1, 2026 +1
They will just ignore the parliamentarian.
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Capable-Broccoli2179 Apr 1, 2026 +1
Lotsa luck getting this through reconciliation. Even if they can get an up/down vote, no way will this pass the senate. All it takes is one R to vote against and its dead. There has to be at least one or two reasonable R's left in the senate. Murkowski maybe?
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JaronJervis Apr 1, 2026 +1
You have Republicans so desperate in Texas they're trying to Annex parts of New Mexico, this voter ID garbage, redistricting in multiple GOP states. These GOP punks are moving like the Devil is after them.
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LouDog0187 Apr 1, 2026 +1
For all the "flimsy, unprecedented and illegal" shit the republicans pull, they still manage to pull it off. That's f****** depressing.
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Grizkniz Apr 1, 2026 +1
It’s impossible for this to pass through reconciliation unless they ignore the rules. This bill is dead!
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AlphaBreak Apr 1, 2026 +1
If this gets through the parliamentarian, Democrats might as well nuke the filibuster when they get congress back.
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Smaynard6000 Apr 1, 2026 +1
>So the value in trying to insert the SAVE America Act into reconciliation could be to appease the president and indicate effort to pass the legislation, while allowing the parliamentarian to ensure it isn’t included in the final measure. “There’s certainly some insulation from politics,” said Binder, “where the majority might want to hide behind a ruling.” Good f****** luck. If this happens, Trump will go on a signature Truth Social rant calling Republicans pussies for letting the parliamentarian decide this.
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lotta_love Apr 1, 2026 +1
Calling this bill—unequivocally and despicably designed to screw Americans out of their constitutional right to vote—the “SAVE America Act” is as nonsensical as Donald Trump describing himself as “the least racist person anywhere in the world” $ and “the least racist President you’ve had in a long time.” ++ $ in July 2019, after telling several U.S. representatives of color born in the United States to “go back where you came from.” ++ in March 2026, after refusing to apologize for sharing a video with his “Truth Social” followers depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. **edits:** formatting fixes of footnotes
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