Last week, nearly all the House Democrats, along with 14 Republicans, voted against a stopgap bill that would have funded the government for another six months and included the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would prevent noncitizens from voting in this coming election by requiring them to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
Consequently, as former editor for The Federalist Chris Bedford recently noted, Congress (including several of its GOP members) has “killed the House Republicans’ momentum and leverage” in failing to pass this bill in the House.
Knowing this, it should surprise no one that Republicans just voted for the same bill without the SAVE Act this week, upending any hope of passing the SAVE Act before the election or in the foreseeable future. Worse still, according to Bedford, this likely means they will revisit this spending issue in December and probably cave again to demands to pass an omnibus that would effectively prevent an incoming Trump administration from cutting programs and ending American involvement in foreign conflicts.
This all seems pretty bad, so who were the 14 Republicans who voted against the original bill that included the SAVE Act? Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind.; Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.; Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.; Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn; Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz.; Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.; Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas; Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo.; Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.; Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla.; Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala.; Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont.; Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla.; and Rep. Beth
