Johnson urges GOP lawmakers not to block House business for SAVE Act
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., urged Republican lawmakers Monday not to block House business as they press the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, calling that strategy “self-defeating.”
“To my colleagues, whomever is thinking that stopping the work of House Republicans to make Americans safer right now and to bring down the cost of living, impeding that progress just because stubborn Senate Democrats won’t do the job of the American people is self-defeating,” Johnson told reporters. “It doesn’t make any sense.”
The Hill reported that Johnson’s comments came after House conservatives blocked unrelated legislation last week to pressure the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and voter identification to cast a ballot.
The dispute is now threatening House consideration of the annual National Defense Authorization Act.
Johnson said he spent several hours at the White House on Monday discussing legislative strategy with President Donald Trump.
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