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House Republicans Have Tied the Defense Policy Bill to Trump’s SAVE Act
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- The House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday on the annual defense policy bill, a $95 billion budget plan for the Iran war, and legislation restricting stock trading by lawmakers, rather than directly voting on President Trump's federal elections overhaul.
- Republicans have linked these three measures to the SAVE America Act, Trump's priority elections bill, in an effort to force Senate action despite bipartisan opposition and the bill's stalled status.
- The GOP strategy involves merging the defense bill with parts of the voting restriction legislation and including $10 billion in the budget for enforcing new voting requirements, aiming to pass the SAVE Act through a filibuster-proof budget measure.
- Speaker Mike Johnson is orchestrating this approach to satisfy Trump and far-right House Republicans frustrated by the Senate's resistance, though Senate Republicans view the elections bill as effectively dead due to a lack of 60 votes needed for advancement.
