Speaker Johnson: Reps Get ‘Opportunity’ to Vote on SAVE Act Again

House Republicans will give Democrats another “opportunity” to pass the SAVE Act, a measure to prevent noncitizens from voting in American elections, that will also, if tied to a continuing resolution, “responsibly fund the government,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Tuesday.

“Only U.S. citizens should vote in U.S. elections, and the Democrats apparently don’t agree with that,” Johnson said at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference. “When we put [the SAVE Act] on the floor in July, 198 House Democrats voted against it. Well, we’re going to give them another opportunity.”

He added he believes “we can do both things.”

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