Calling it “unserious and unacceptable,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected on Monday a proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
The response frames the spending battle to come over the next weeks as lawmakers work to reach consensus on a short-term spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Lawmakers hope to avoid a shutdown just weeks before voters go to the polls.
Johnson is punting the final decisions on full-year spending into next year when a new president and Congress take over. He’s doing so at the urging of members within his conference who believe that Republicans will be in a better position next year to secure the funding and policy priorities they want.
Repubs despise this idea for some reason, but isn’t this a compromise that gets them exactly what they want? They couldn’t possibly be saying one thing but actually wanting a different outcome, right?
They don’t want a national ID system because then they couldn’t pull any of this garbage and obstruct people’s right to vote.
Don’t we already have a national id in social security number tied to our personal profile?
Only as a byproduct of social security itself. It’s really just people taking advantage of the fact we’re all assigned a unique number. It was not really originally intended to do anything but access social security so it lacks information required for proper identification. Also most things that need ID require 2 forms of it so social security card alone won’t cut it.
You can’t use you social security card to apply for a home in most states. Need a full on state id or some other photo identification.
they’ve always fought a federal ID as far as I can remember. Its similar to how most talk about the border then like staff their mansions with undocumented immigrants. Or how they talk about the deficit and inflation then skyrocket both. They know the media is owned by their friends and will shield them from any sort of accountability.
Truthfully, I wish we had a consistent ID system in general across the country. The varied IDs that each state produces make for a lot of confusion and loopholes that bad actors can take advantage of. Creating an identification number with even a low level of security in it would be a huge plus too. SSN’s are so fucking easy to just simply guess it’s not even funny. 😒
my guess is that why republicans like it how it is: making government more fractured and complicated makes it easier for people to buy into their narratives about deregulation.