{"id":2341403,"date":"2024-09-15T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cory-mills-spars-with-bryan-steil-over-attaching-save-act-to-cr-didnt-run-for-congress-to-do-the-status-quo-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T13:53:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T17:53:13","slug":"cory-mills-spars-with-bryan-steil-over-attaching-save-act-to-cr-didnt-run-for-congress-to-do-the-status-quo-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cory-mills-spars-with-bryan-steil-over-attaching-save-act-to-cr-didnt-run-for-congress-to-do-the-status-quo-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Cory Mills spars with Bryan Steil over attaching SAVE Act to CR: \u2018Didn\u2019t run for Congress to do the status quo\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/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%2Fcory-mills-spars-with-bryan-steil-over-attaching-save-act-to-cr-didnt-run-for-congress-to-do-the-status-quo-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=2341403&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>In \u2064a recent political debate, Representatives Cory\u200b Mills \u2062(R-FL) and Bryan Steil (R-WI) discussed whether to \u2064link the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) to a continuing\u2064 resolution\u200d (CR) aimed at preventing a government shutdown. Mills\u200b opposed \u2064this approach, stating that similar efforts in\u200d the past have \u2063failed due to opposition \u200dfrom \u200dSenate Democrats, and expressing concern about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-paul-blocks-40b-ukraine-aid-package\/\" title=\"Sen. Paul blocks B Ukraine aid package\">increasing national debt<\/a>, which \u2062surpasses $36 trillion. \u2063He highlighted the potential financial implications of passing the SAVE Act, including soaring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minority-farmer-loan-forgiveness-program-to-allocate-4b-in-payments-as-part-of-american-rescue-plan\/\" title=\"Minority farmer loan forgiveness program to allocate B in payments as part of American Rescue Plan\">interest payments<\/a> that would outstrip military spending. Conversely, Steil\u2062 argued for passing the CR with \u200dthe SAVE Act to enhance election integrity\u2062 ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-viral-for-looking-half-asleep-while-mumbling-in-brutal-oval-office-video\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Sleepy and Mumbling Video in Oval Office Goes Viral\">2024 \u2063presidential election<\/a>, believing it \u200dcould place the legislation before the Senate. This disagreement reflects a \u2064broader tension among \u200dHouse Republicans regarding strategies\u2063 to manage government spending and legislative priorities.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Cory Mills spars with Bryan Steil over attaching SAVE Act to CR: &lsquo;Didn&rsquo;t run for Congress to do the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-holder-urges-democrats-to-pack-supreme-court-says-federal-courts-are-stacked-with-ideologues-who-reach-rulings-based-on-stunted-mindsets\/\" title=\"Eric Holder Urges Democrats to Pack Supreme Court, Says Federal Courts Are Stacked with Ideologues \u201cWho Reach Rulings Based on Stunted Mindsets\u201d\">status quo<\/a>&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1758438\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Reps. Cory Mills (R-FL) and Bryan Steil (R-WI) sparred over the ongoing feud among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Republicans<\/a> regarding whether to attach the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act to a continuing resolution and avoid a government shutdown, with Mills stating he would not while Steil argued otherwise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3150854\/house-gop-scraps-vote-government-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Republicans opted this past week to scrap<\/a> their proposal for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/continuing-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>continuing resolution<\/a>, which would have extended current government spending levels until March 2025 while attaching the party&rsquo;s SAVE Act to ensure voters show proof of citizenship to get registered to vote. Mills, who had said he would vote no to attaching the SAVE Act to continuing resolution, explained that his decision stems from how &ldquo;it&rsquo;s the same song and dance&rdquo; where Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chuck Schumer \">Chuck Schumer <\/a>(D-CA) and the Democrat-controlled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> have said they would strip out Republican legislation from the CR.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, if we pass the SAVE Act, we&rsquo;re going to end up spending $6.3 billion a day, $3 billion in interest payments, $77,000 per second driving up our debt, which is already over $36 trillion,&rdquo; Mills said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo<\/em>. &ldquo;And, by the way, as I mentioned previously, we&rsquo;re going to spend more in servicing the interest payments on our debt than we will our entire national defense annual spending. Plus, this CR will not allow new programs of record, which also hurts our military and our defense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2596046&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=49c855eaf27638a6e4e9439a3f2fbd14\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Steil disagreed, arguing that the House should pass the CR with the SAVE Act to put the legislation in the Senate&rsquo;s lap, arguing it would help <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\">election integrity ahead<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 presidential election<\/a>. He added that the House has an opportunity to put the legislation to a vote, despite House Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s decision to scrap it this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Mills then asked why House Republicans think the SAVE Act will be passed by the Senate when similar attachments to bills have failed in the past. The Florida congressman stated he did not run for Congress to continue &ldquo;the status quo,&rdquo; and is choosing not to continue raising the nation&rsquo;s debt with his party&rsquo;s attempt to pass a CR.<\/p>\n<p>Steil claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> has the chance to prevent a government shutdown by attaching the SAVE Act to the continuing resolution, prompting host Maria Bartiromo to interrupt and remind the congressman that Schumer has said he would not bring the SAVE Act to the Senate floor. When pressed to see if the House would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shut down the government<\/a>, Steil stated that the entire House Republican conference is &ldquo;ready to go to the mat,&rdquo; though relented that bringing the continuing resolution up to a vote is up to the House speaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other House Republicans have issued warnings about allowing the government to shut down. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), who is seeking reelection in a battleground district, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3153838\/vulnerable-republicans-warn-against-idiotic-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cautioned that risking a shutdown would be &ldquo;idiotic.&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congress is slated to go on recess from Sept. 27 until Election Day. Should the government enter a shutdown on Oct. 1, Congress would likely be stuck in Washington, D.C., to sort out a deal, keeping many members off the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1758438\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1758438\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cory Mills and Bryan Steil engaged in a debate over the contentious issue among House Republicans about whether to include the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) in a continuing resolution (CR) to prevent a government shutdown. Mills expressed his opposition to this idea, while Steil supported it. Recently, House Republicans decided to abandon their plan for a CR that would have maintained current government spending levels until March 2025 and included the SAVE Act, which mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration. Mills explained his stance by stating that he believes it&#8217;s futile since Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democrat-controlled Senate would likely remove any Republican measures from the CR. He highlighted concerns about escalating national debt, noting that passing the SAVE Act could lead to significant daily expenditures and interest payments that exceed annual defense spending. In contrast, Steil argued for passing the CR with the SAVE Act attached as a means of promoting election integrity ahead of the 2024 presidential election. He insisted there was still an opportunity for a vote on this legislation despite Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s recent decision to drop it. Mills questioned why they believed it would succeed in the Senate when similar efforts had failed before, emphasizing he did not come to Congress just to maintain &#8220;the status quo&#8221; or increase national debt through attempts at passing a CR. Steil countered by asserting that attaching the SAVE Act could help avert a government shutdown but acknowledged that moving forward with voting on it depended on House leadership decisions. Other Republicans like Rep. Mike Lawler warned against risking a shutdown, calling such an action &#8220;idiotic.&#8221; With Congress scheduled for recess from September 27 until Election Day, if there is indeed a shutdown starting October 1, many members may be forced to remain in Washington instead of campaigning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2341404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MillsSteil.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40929,4402,39530,40475,34333],"class_list":["post-2341403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bryan-steil","tag-congress","tag-cory-mills","tag-cr","tag-save-act"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/MillsSteil.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}