The conservative House Freedom Caucus is calling for Republican leadership in Congress to tie appropriations to fund the government next year to a recently passed House bill to prevent foreign nationals from voting in U.S. elections.
In July, the House passed the SAVE Act—short for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. If enacted and signed into law, the bill would amend the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, known as the “motor voter law,” to require that states obtain documentary proof of U.S. citizenship before anyone can register to vote.
“[T]he continuing resolution should include the SAVE Act—as called for by [former President Donald] Trump—to prevent noncitizens from voting, to preserve free and fair elections in light of the millions of illegal aliens imported by the Biden-Harris administration over the last four years,” said a statement on Monday from the 39-member caucus.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, sponsored the SAVE Act in the House and is a member of the House Freedom Caucus. Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., is its chairman.
The House Freedom Caucus, a group of Republican fiscal conservatives, contends that the next continuing resolution—which would fund the federal government well into fiscal year 2025, beginning Oct. 1—should not just be a continuation of the current spending priorities of President Joe Biden, which would hamstring a potential second Trump administration, if he wins the November election.
In a post on X, the caucus wrote, “Stop Illegals from Voting and Block The Biden-Harris Omnibus.”
The statement said, “The House Freedom Caucus believes that Republicans should return to Washington to continue the work of passing 12 appropriations bills to cut spending and advance our policy priorities,” adding:
If unsuccessful, in the inevitability that Congress considers a continuing resolution, government funding should be extended into early 2025 to avoid a lame-duck omnibus that preserves Democrat spending and policies well into the next administration.
