{"id":2343292,"date":"2024-09-19T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T13:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-funding-bill-election-integrity-implode-in-u-s-house\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T09:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T13:17:42","slug":"government-funding-bill-election-integrity-implode-in-u-s-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-funding-bill-election-integrity-implode-in-u-s-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Funding Bill, Election Integrity Implode In U.S. House"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgovernment-funding-bill-election-integrity-implode-in-u-s-house%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=2343292&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 article discusses a failed attempt by House Republicans to pass a bill that would fund the federal government for an additional six months while also incorporating the Safeguard American Voter \u200cEligibility (SAVE) Act. This act aimed to require\u2062 proof of \u2063citizenship for\u2062 voters in\u200b federal elections. The legislative effort was led by Speaker Mike Johnson but ultimately\u2063 failed\u200d in a\u2063 vote of 220 to\u200c 202, \u200dwith some Republican \u2063members joining Democrats in opposition. <\/p>\n<p>Criticism arose from within the Republican party, where some members, like Rep. \u200cMarjorie\u200b Taylor Greene, accused \u200dJohnson of leading a hollow fight\u2063 that did not genuinely \u2064address concerns \u2063over government spending or election integrity. The article maintains that Democrats should be held accountable for their positions on noncitizen voting, which polls suggest is unpopular among American voters.\u200c It also points to a narrative in mainstream media framing the vote as a setback for Republicans, while emphasizing that many citizens \u2064are concerned about growing noncitizen voting and the potential implications of recent immigration policies. The\u200d piece concludes by stressing that the opportunity for Republicans to highlight\u2062 these issues ahead of upcoming elections \u200bhas been squandered.  <\/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<div>\n<p>After much fanfare &mdash; and the usual GOP Republican infighting &mdash; a bill to fund a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-indigenous-peoples-day-american-indians-should-blame-the-government-not-christopher-columbus\/\" title=\"On \u2018Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day,\u2019 American Indians Should Blame The Government, Not Christopher Columbus\">bloated federal government<\/a> for six more months has gone down in flames. And with it the messaging opportunity for the next couple of weeks to spotlight the fact that congressional Democrats and their titular head in the White House really do want foreign nationals to vote in U.S. elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/9494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Resolution 9494<\/a> would have averted another phony government &ldquo;shutdown&rdquo; while cutting zero federal spending and adding another $1 trillion to the national debt. In exchange, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and most of his fellow Republicans sought safe passage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/8281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act<\/a>, cleverly attached to the continuing resolution. The measure would require anyone registering to vote in federal elections to provide documented proof of citizenship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The gambit proved to be clever by half, losing with a final vote count of 220 nays to 202 yeas. Fourteen Republicans joined 206 Democrats in the no column, with three vulnerable Dems crossing the aisle, seven members not present, and two Republicans answering present, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/evs\/2024\/roll431.xml#NV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">roll call.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With razor-thin control of the House of Representatives and more internal trust issues than a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city\/season-5\/videos\/is-whitney-rose-a-liar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Real Housewives&rdquo; <\/a>of wherever episode, the odds were long on passage. That Johnson couldn&rsquo;t coral enough support among conservatives who loathe the endless line of stopgap government funding bills, Pentagon boosters who fear stagnant funding for the U.S. military, and the irascible warriors who saw Kabuki theater in Johnson&rsquo;s play was a surprise to few.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Johnson is leading a fake fight that he has no intention of actually fighting,&rdquo; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wrote on X earlier this week, calling the continuing resolution &ldquo;classic bait and switch.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>This is classic bait and switch that will enrage the base, only one month before the election, when they find out they have been tricked and let down again.<\/p>\n<p>The only way to make the SAVE Act a law would be to refuse to pass a CR until the Senate agrees to pass the SAVE Act and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XAGq59ycvT\">https:\/\/t.co\/XAGq59ycvT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#127482;&#127480; (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1836063857862734226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But the vast majority of House Republicans saw the funding plan and voting attachment absolutely necessary to show the American voter the truth: The same Democrats who flooded the country with millions of illegal immigrants are rooting for the prospects of foreign nationals voting in U.S. elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Corporate media painted the final vote as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/09\/18\/johnson-suffers-embarrassing-loss-as-bill-to-stop-shutdown-fails\">&ldquo;embarrassing loss&rdquo;<\/a> for Johnson and took up Democrat talking points that the collapse of the Republicans&rsquo; government funding resolution was just the latest example of the GOP&rsquo;s &ldquo;failure to govern.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s the Democrats who should be embarrassed. Their House members, once again, failed to deliver on an election integrity measure that polling shows most Americans can get behind. An <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/hilltv\/what-americas-thinking\/399016-poll-americans-overwhelmingly-reject-giving-voting-rights-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelming number of Americans<\/a> certainly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ForAcv\/status\/1775252065243042227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">don&rsquo;t support noncitizens voting<\/a> in U.S. elections. And they are <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/647123\/sharply-americans-curb-immigration.aspx\">terribly worried<\/a> about the damage done &mdash; and undoubtedly more to come &mdash; from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-joe-bidens-foreign-policy-reset-will-be-a-disaster\/\" title=\"Why Joe Biden\u2019s Foreign Policy \u2018Reset\u2019 Will Be A Disaster\">open border policies<\/a> of President Joe Biden and his dim-witted <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/24\/after-years-of-regaling-vp-as-border-czar-media-claim-harris-was-never-in-charge-of-the-invasion\/\">border czar <\/a>and presidential campaign successor, Vice President Kamala Harris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good to put it on the floor, let people know who the people are that support it and don&rsquo;t,&rdquo; said Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-republicans-vote-funding-bill-shutdown-trump-save-act-rcna171635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> NBC News. &ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s more important to call the vote, let the record show who stands where. Everyone.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., agreed, expressing frustration that some Republicans put unsustainable federal spending ahead of election integrity. He said the defectors knocked out the SAVE Act, at least for this year, and squandered a golden opportunity to showcase the Democrats&rsquo; disconnect from the issues important to average Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We could have had three weeks to show Americans what Democrats really believe,&rdquo; the congressman told me in an interview fresh from the House floor Wednesday evening.&nbsp; &ldquo;Unfortunately, we&rsquo;ll never have that standoff because [some] people would rather get their name in the paper for being recalcitrant than doing the right thing.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<h2>&lsquo;Be Smart, Republicans&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats, again, insisted they wanted a &ldquo;clean bill&rdquo; without add-ons, as if there&rsquo;s anything clean about the unholy waste and abuse crammed in the overfed federal budget. They found common ground with some Republicans who believe six months without massive increases in the morbidly obese budget was a bridge too far. <\/p>\n<p>But mostly they repeated their tired and false lines to an accomplice media that lapped up the talking points: foreign nationals are already not allowed to vote in U.S. elections, noncitizens casting ballots never happens, if it does happen it&rsquo;s extremely rare, and there&rsquo;s no cause for alarm about the tens of thousands of foreign nationals showing up on states&rsquo; voter rolls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/18\/exclusive-new-report-details-growing-threat-of-noncitizens-voting-in-u-s-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Wednesday, the growing threat of noncitizens voting in November&rsquo;s elections and beyond is very real. A new <a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/research\/the-noncitizen-voting-problem-and-how-to-solve-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foundation for Government Accountability<\/a> breaks down the integrity cracks in the U.S. election, not the least of which is the fact that &ldquo;the Biden-Harris administration is using welfare offices, DMVs, Public housing, healthcare.gov and more to register voters, and they aren&rsquo;t verifying citizenship at these locations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;States can act too, but the SAVE Act is the only thing that can fix this problem nationwide before the election,&rdquo; &rdquo;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefga.org\/fga-author\/paige-terryberry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paige Terryberry<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-false-claims-about-border-crisis-were-not-holding-children-in-cells-separating-from-parents\/\" title=\"Biden Makes False Claims About Border Crisis: \u2018We\u2019re Not\u2019 Holding Children \u2018In Cells,\u2019 Separating From Parents\">senior research fellow<\/a> at FGA, told The Federalist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats also voted against the SAVE Act as a stand-alone bill earlier this summer, when it passed with a unified GOP. But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who on Wednesday popped off about House Republicans wasting everyone&rsquo;s time with election integrity, made sure the bill went nowhere. And Biden threatened to veto it. Why? The answer should be obvious. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump earlier Wednesday urged Republicans to stick together and fight for the election integrity he will need to stand any chance against the combined leftist forces arrayed against him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Republicans don&rsquo;t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113160048992786010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Only American Citizens should be voting in our Most Important Election in History, or any Election! A Vote must happen BEFORE the Election, not AFTER the Election when it is too late,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;BE SMART, REPUBLICANS, YOU&rsquo;VE BEEN PUSHED AROUND LONG ENOUGH BY THE DEMOCRATS. DON&rsquo;T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lot of hype and the typical infighting among Republicans, a bill aimed at funding the oversized federal government for an additional six months has failed. This failure also means missing out on a chance to highlight that congressional Democrats, along with President Biden, are in favor of allowing foreign nationals to vote in U.S. elections. House Resolution 9494 was intended to prevent another artificial government &#8220;shutdown&#8221; while making no cuts to federal spending and adding another $1 trillion to the national debt. In return, Speaker Mike Johnson and many Republicans aimed for the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which was cleverly linked to this funding resolution. The SAVE Act would mandate that anyone registering to vote in federal elections must provide proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>However, this strategy backfired as it lost with a final tally of 220 votes against and 202 in favor. Fourteen Republicans joined 206 Democrats in opposing it, while three vulnerable Democrats voted with Republicans; seven members were absent and two Republicans voted present according to the roll call.<\/p>\n<p>Given their slim majority in the House and significant internal trust issues reminiscent of reality TV drama, passing this bill was always going to be challenging. It wasn&#8217;t surprising that Johnson couldn&#8217;t rally enough support from conservatives who dislike ongoing temporary funding measures or from military supporters concerned about stagnant defense budgets.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized Johnson&#8217;s approach on social media earlier this week, labeling it as &#8220;classic bait and switch&#8221; that would anger Republican voters just before an election when they realize they&#8217;ve been misled again.<\/p>\n<p>Most House Republicans viewed both the funding plan and voting requirement as essential for demonstrating that Democrats are supportive of foreign nationals voting due to their policies leading to increased illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream media characterized the outcome as an &#8220;embarrassing loss&#8221; for Johnson while echoing Democratic claims about Republican governance failures. However, it&#8217;s actually Democrats who should feel embarrassed; they once again failed to support an election integrity measure backed by most Americans who oppose noncitizen voting amid concerns over President Biden&#8217;s open border policies led by Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Warren Davidson emphasized that calling such votes is crucial so voters can see where representatives stand on these issues. Rep. Glenn Grothman expressed frustration over some Republicans prioritizing unsustainable spending over election integrity\u2014pointing out how defectors undermined both the SAVE Act&#8217;s chances this year and missed an opportunity to reveal Democratic disconnects from average Americans&#8217; concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats insisted on a &#8220;clean bill,&#8221; ignoring wasteful practices within federal budgeting while finding common ground with some Republicans wary about budget increases without reforms.<\/p>\n<p>They repeated misleading claims regarding noncitizen voting being nonexistent or extremely rare despite evidence suggesting otherwise\u2014such as reports indicating vulnerabilities within U.S electoral systems exacerbated by current administration practices not verifying citizenship during voter registration processes at various public offices.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats had previously opposed standalone versions of SAVE but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ensured its demise alongside threats from Biden against any related legislation due largely because they recognize its implications for future elections.<br \/>\nFormer President Donald Trump urged party unity around election integrity measures like SAVE if they hope for success against leftist opposition: \u201cOnly American Citizens should be voting&#8230; BE SMART REPUBLICANS.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent at The Federalist with extensive experience across various journalism platforms including investigative reporting roles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2343293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5401696789_71cc88adf6_h.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32644,10721,4762,32603,41215],"class_list":["post-2343292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-election-integrity","tag-government-funding","tag-legislation","tag-political-news","tag-u-s-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5401696789_71cc88adf6_h.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343292","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}