{"id":2290329,"date":"2024-07-08T06:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-returns-with-election-integrity-and-title-ix-on-tap-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:13:57","slug":"house-returns-with-election-integrity-and-title-ix-on-tap-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-returns-with-election-integrity-and-title-ix-on-tap-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House returns with election integrity and Title IX on tap &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-returns-with-election-integrity-and-title-ix-on-tap-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The GOP-led House Rules \u200cCommittee is set to take up\u2062 several bills next week, including one condemning Biden administration policies and advancing\u200d a Republican flash point on election \u200dintegrity. The \u200cbills include measures focused on\u2064 protecting appliances from\u2062 perceived \u2062invasive environmental regulations, as well as a bill that would bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections. Additionally, the committee \u2064will discuss a Trump-backed election integrity bill\u200d and a resolution criticizing\u200d the \u200cBiden administration&#8217;s Title IX rule. These bills are expected to be \u2063voted on as early as\u200d Tuesday if they\u200b pass out of the Rules Committee.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House to take up Trump election integrity push and Biden Title IX transgender rule<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rachel-schilke\/\">Rachel Schilke<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-08T06:00:00-04:00\">July 8, 2024 6:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1693677\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The GOP-led House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rules<\/a> Committee will take up several bills and a resolution next week condemning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration <\/a>policies and advancing a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> flash point on election integrity, the latest set of bills that could bring another party-line fight to the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the bills, focused on protecting appliances from <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a>\u2019 perceived invasive environmental regulations, were supposed to be taken up in April but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/2979046\/house-gop-wants-to-make-appliance-week-happen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>were delayed<\/a> due to Iran\u2019s strike on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The committee will also vote on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections. The bill is a pet project of both the House GOP and former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, while Democrats have blasted the measure as unnecessary Republican messaging on a matter that is already illegal.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Appliance Week\u2019 bills have their turn for review<\/h2>\n<p>House Republicans were forced to drop their coveted \u201cAppliance Week\u201d in April after Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2966081\/israel-weighs-retaliation-unprecedented-iran-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>launched a counterattack<\/a> on Israel as the Jewish state continues its war against Hamas. Six bills revolving around washing machines, refrigerators, and air conditioners were on deck for review, but the House retooled its schedule for resolutions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/2965815\/house-punish-iran-path-forward-israel-aid-unclear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>offering additional support<\/a> to Israel and condemning Iran and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the Rules Committee will take up the Refrigerator Freedom Act and the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/lengthy-list-gop-reps-eye-work-home-appliances-rcna147538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>two of the six bills<\/a> that were pushed back on the schedule earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/BILLS-118hr7637rh\/pdf\/BILLS-118hr7637rh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Refrigerator Freedom Act <\/a>would prohibit Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm from enforcing energy standards for refrigerators or freezers that are \u201cnot cost-effective or technologically feasible.\u201d Similarly, the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act would prevent new or amended energy standards for dishwashers unless Granholm can prove the new standards would not result in additional net costs for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a razor-thin, three-person GOP majority, meaning he can only afford to lose three votes to pass a measure along party lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith any material vote, we\u2019ve relied predominantly on Democrat votes,\u201d House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) told <em>Axios<\/em> in April. \u201cAnd then we want to pass messaging bills that have no future in the Senate to show what we stand for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seven Democrats voted with all Republicans in May to <a href=\"https:\/\/lesko.house.gov\/2024\/5\/lesko-bill-to-protect-home-appliances-passes-u-s-house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pass<\/a> the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, which makes it more difficult for the Energy Department to enact energy efficiency rules for household appliances.<\/p>\n<p>If passed out of the Rules Committee, the bills are set up for a vote as early as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump-backed election integrity bill up for discussion<\/h2>\n<p>The Rules Committee will also take up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/BILLS-118hr8281rh\/pdf\/BILLS-118hr8281rh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act<\/a> on Monday, which would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require people to provide proof of citizenship before registering to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, along with primary sponsor Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2995998\/johnson-unveils-election-bill-noncitizens-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>introduced the bill in May<\/a> after the speaker joined Trump at Mar-a-Lago to voice concerns about election integrity heading into the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have pointed out that federal law already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-unveils-election-bill-to-ban-noncitizens-from-voting\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson introduces bill to prohibit noncitizens from voting\">requires voter registration forms<\/a> to compel voters to swear under penalty of perjury that they are citizens of the United States. Additionally, people must provide proof of a driver\u2019s license or Social Security number in order for election officials to verify their identity in U.S. databases. <\/p>\n<p>However, some Republicans have lamented the law does not go far enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-panel-releases-counter-report-on-jan-6-2\/\" title=\"House Republican Panel Releases Counter Report on Jan 6\">require additional scrutiny<\/a> on whether people are eligible to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Instances of noncitizens voting in federal elections are few and far between. A fraud database by the conservative Heritage Foundation found only 100 cases of noncitizens voting between 2002 and 2022 among a sample of over 1 billion ballots. Even if those ballots were detected, it would do little to sway a presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>However, Republicans have pointed to unprecedented numbers of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border as a danger to federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the wide-open border that the Biden administration has refused to close \u2014 in fact, that they engineered to open \u2014 we now have so many noncitizens in the country that if only one out of 100 of those voted, they would cast hundreds of thousands of votes,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2995998\/johnson-unveils-election-bill-noncitizens-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> during a press conference announcing the measure.<\/p>\n<p>If passed out of the Rules Committee, the bill is set up for a vote as early as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biden administration\u2019s Title IX rule faces House GOP scrutiny<\/h2>\n<p>Committee members will discuss H.J. Res. 165, which would provide for \u201ccongressional disapproval\u201d of the rule submitted by the Education Department that prohibits discrimination of sex in education programs or activities that receive federal assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/04\/19\/titleix-biden-transgender-sexual-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>finalized sweeping rules in April<\/a> that now bar schools from discriminating against transgender students by changing the definition of sex in Title IX to include \u201cgender identity.\u201d The administration\u2019s interpretation of Title IX, a 1972 law barring sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funding, has been a flash point for Republicans who are widely against having biological men or boys participating in female sports.<\/p>\n<p>The administration delayed action on the controversial issue surrounding transgender participation in sports in April. However, under the new regulations, states that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-supreme-court-lets-trans-students-using-opposite-sex-bathrooms-ruling-stand\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Supreme Court Lets Trans Students Using Opposite Sex Bathrooms Ruling Stand\">require transgender students<\/a> to use the bathroom aligning with their biological sex at birth or not using pronouns corresponding with a student\u2019s identity, among other things, could be in violation of Title IX.<\/p>\n<p>In June, two district courts in Kentucky and Louisiana <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3045584\/federal-judge-blocks-bidens-title-ix-overhaul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>issued injunctions to halt<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s new Title IX rules. Several states have filed legal challenges to the rule, including Montana, Idaho, and Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>If passed out of the Rules Committee, the resolution is set up for a vote as early as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rules Committee will also take up the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act that would allocate expenses and salaries to members, institutions, and projects and would provide a salary of $174,000 to Beatrice Payne, the wife of the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2977823\/donald-payne-jr-dead-house-democrat-dies-after-cardiac-episode-over-a-week-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>died in April<\/a>. The appropriations bill has <a href=\"https:\/\/rules.house.gov\/bill\/118\/hr-8772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>37 submitted amendments<\/a>, with a few of them revised.<\/p>\n<p>The House is also poised to consider overriding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2024\/05\/31\/a-message-to-the-house-of-representatives-on-the-presidents-veto-of-h-j-res-109\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>veto from President Joe Biden<\/a> on H.J. Res. 109, which sought to disapprove the Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121. The veto was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/vetoes\/BidenJR.htm#:~:text=Biden%20Jr.%20has%20vetoed%2012,1%20presidential%20vetoes%20since%201789.&#038;text=Bill%20No.&#038;text=The%20Senate%20sustained%20the%20veto%20on%20Feb%2029%20by%20vote%20No.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden\u2019s 12th<\/a>, and Congress has yet to override a veto from the president since he took office.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1693677\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1693677\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GOP-led House Rules Committee will consider several bills and a resolution next week that criticize Biden administration policies and promote a Republican focus on election integrity. Two bills related to protecting appliances from perceived environmental regulations by Democrats were delayed in April due to Iran&#8217;s strike on Israel. The committee will also vote on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which aims to prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections. 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