A Labor Day scoop indicated that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may add election integrity legislation to a short-term spending bill when the House returns to session next week — a move that would likely set up a standoff with Democrats.
Punchbowl News reported that Johnson — who released a document earlier this year that warned of a National Voter Registration Act “loophole” and cited evidence of noncitizens on voter rolls in various states — and other Republicans are talking about the prospect of combining an extension to government funding through March 2025 with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
The SAVE Act aims to require individuals show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in elections for federal office and pushes states to remove non-citizens from voter rolls. It already passed the GOP-led House in July with the help of a handful of Democrats. However, the Democrat-controlled Senate has not taken up the bill since then and the Biden…