{"id":2583351,"date":"2026-03-24T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-eyes-state-incentives-for-save-act-as-senate-stalls\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:34:58","slug":"house-gop-eyes-state-incentives-for-save-act-as-senate-stalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-eyes-state-incentives-for-save-act-as-senate-stalls\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP eyes state incentives for SAVE Act as Senate stalls"},"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\">22<\/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-gop-eyes-state-incentives-for-save-act-as-senate-stalls%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=2583351&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>House Republicans are pursuing a workaround to push election-reform measures by tying the SAVE America Act provisions to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-warns-dems-proposed-tax-hike-would-impact-8-3m-small-businesses\/\" title=\"Rand Paul Warns Dems\u2019 Proposed Tax Hike Would Impact 8.3M Small Businesses\">party-line spending package<\/a>, as the Senate stalls on the measure. House Management Committee Chair Bryan Steil proposes granting federal funds to states that adopt voter-ID laws and require proof of citizenship for voter registration,alongside grants for post-election audits,upgrades to voting infrastructure,and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >data sharing wiht federal agencies<\/a> and other states.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to advance election integrity steps through spending, rather than a standalone bill, but using budget reconciliation-which is limited to spending and could still face filibuster-related hurdles in the Senate-raises questions about whether a national voter-ID mandate could pass. President Donald Trump has called the SAVE America Act a top priority, and Speaker Mike Johnson has supported another reconciliation path, but it remains uncertain whether the plan can secure broad support in a narrowly divided House and a skeptical Senate.  <\/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\">House GOP eyes incentives for states to adopt SAVE America Act as Senate stalls<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2540851\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"1250\">House<\/a> Republicans are eyeing a workaround to advance election reforms through a party-line spending package as the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act stalls in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) is pushing a financial incentive model to get states to adopt many of the proposals tucked within the doomed bill. Steil&rsquo;s proposals would provide federal tax dollars to states that implement <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-id\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"162\">voter identification<\/a> laws and require proof of citizenship for voter registration &mdash; two policies the SAVE Act would require states to implement outright.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4499706\/democrats-lambaste-trump-response-mueller-death\/\">Democrats lambaste Trump&#8217;s response to Robert Mueller&#8217;s death<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/4499174\/culture-war-puts-national-women-museum-at-risk\/\">Culture war clash puts bill for women&rsquo;s history museum on National Mall at risk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4499050\/house-gop-leaders-postpone-vote-fisa-hardliners\/\">GOP rebels force Johnson to postpone vote on government surveillance law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The plan would also provide grants for states to conduct post-election audits, upgrade infrastructure to speed up vote counting, and share voter data with federal agencies and other states, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1016832364\/House-Administration-Committee-2026-reconciliation-outline?_gl=1*jd9evd*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTU1MjgxNTIyNi4xNzc0MzcwNjAx*_ga_Z4ZC50DED6*czE3NzQzNzA2MDAkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzQzNzA2MjAkajQwJGwwJGgw*_ga_8KZ8BV0P5W*czE3NzQzNzA2MDAkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzQzNzA2MjAkajQwJGwwJGgw\">document obtained<\/a> by the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) has fiercely advocated another party-line megabill that would skirt the Senate&rsquo;s 60-vote filibuster threshold in a process known as budget reconciliation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ai-provision-in-big-beautiful-bill-targeted-for-removal-in-senate\/\" title=\"AI provision in &#039;big, beautiful bill&#039; targeted for removal in ...\">parliamentary rules governing reconciliation<\/a> are narrow and tailored to spending. This means that Republicans would likely be rebuffed if they tried to include a national voter ID mandate outright.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if the wish list will garner the support of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who has called the SAVE America Act his &ldquo;No. 1 priority&rdquo; this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4497819\/will-chip-roy-fighter-mentality-be-his-political-demise\/\">WILL CHIP ROY&rsquo;S FIGHTER MENTALITY BE HIS POLITICAL DEMISE? <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another reconciliation bill will also be difficult for Johnson to get through the House. The speaker&rsquo;s narrow majority has been stressed by absences and vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, reconciliation could give Republicans a way to ease internal tensions over the SAVE America Act. Conservatives have pushed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to skirt the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/filibuster\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1708\">filibuster<\/a> to get the voter integrity measures through the chamber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>GOP uses incentives to push SAVE Act as Senate stalls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2583352,"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\/2026\/01\/AP23285097829938-e1768241158978.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32455,4762,34333,76466,72574],"class_list":["post-2583351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-house-gop","tag-legislation","tag-save-act","tag-senate-stalls","tag-state-incentives"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP23285097829938-e1768241158978.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583351","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583355,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583351\/revisions\/2583355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}