The Senate majority leader said that Democrats should join the GOP to pass the bill, which would require photo ID to vote.
by RAY LEWIS | The National News DeskSenate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that Democrats should join Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that Republicans will benefit in the midterm elections from Democratic opposition to the SAVE America Act, a bill requiring photo ID to vote.
“We want to make sure that if you’re in this country, you have to be a citizen of this country, actually, to exercise and cast your vote. So I think that’s a fairly simple position and one that Democrats ought to eventually get on board with,” Thune said. “But if they don’t, we will, I mean, it’s obviously an issue that we will be able to use, I think, in the fall elections."and variations of it from advancing. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has argued that the bill would disenfranchise millions of voters. “Let me be very clear, the SAVE Act is not a voter ID bill,” he said during a speech on Tuesday. “It is in every sense a voter suppression bill.” The Brennan Center for Justice, a public policy think tank, found in a 2023 study that nine percent of Americans – more than 20 million people – didn't have citizenship proof on hand.Austin officials call for renaming Cesar Chavez Street, march canceled amid allegations Community organizations have canceled Austin's annual César Chávez March and four Austin city officials have called for renaming Cesar Chavez Streetfollowing tA man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly drove a stolen SUV off the road and directly at a group of four police officers in Central Austin, according to aAuthorities have identified the three children that died in a Southeast Austin apartment fire last week as siblings ranging in age from 5 to 10 years old.AniyahCrews extinguished a house fire in Georgetown Tuesday afternoon that was caused by a gas explosion, according to the fire department.The Georgetown Fire DepartmWith a 5 p.m. deadline now passed and no endorsement yet from President Donald Trump, Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appear set to
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