House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is rejecting a proposal Speaker Mike Johnson has put forward that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Jeffries says in a letter to House Democrats Monday that the proposal is “unserious and unacceptable.
FILE - The Capitol dome on Capitol Hill is seen through a glass structure in Washington, on April 6, 2011. House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., addresses the audience during the Teha economic forum in Cernobbio, Como Lake, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. FILE - The Capitol dome on Capitol Hill is seen through a glass structure in Washington, on April 6, 2011. FILE - The Capitol dome on Capitol Hill is seen through a glass structure in Washington, on April 6, 2011. House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La.
But Jeffries said the appropriations process should be wrapped up before the end of the current calendar year, and the short-term measure should reflect that. It also needs to be free of “partisan policy changes,” Jeffries said.Biden to host British Prime Minister Starmer next week for White House talks“There is no other viable path forward that protects the health, safety and economic well-being of hardworking American taxpayers,” Jeffries wrote in a letter to House Democrats released Monday.
Republicans say that requiring proof of citizenship would ensure that U.S. elections are only for American citizens, improving confidence in the nation’s federal election system, something that former President Donald Trump has sought to Trump and other Republicans have revved up their complaints about the issue of noncitizens voting with the influx of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border under President Joe Biden’s administration. They are contending Democrats let them in to add them to the voter rolls. But the available evidence shows that noncitizen voting in federal elections is incredibly rare.
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