GOP Hatches Scheme to Evade Filibuster and Pass Trump's Assault on Voting Rights | Common Dreams
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said, ​"This time we're going to try to put it on a reconciliation bill," which "prevents the necessity of 60 votes in the Senate."

Punchbowl ++reported++ on Monday that GOP leadership had expressed interest in creating a $4 billion grant program in order to incentivize states to enact parts of the bill, including requirements that voters re-register to vote with documents proving their citizenship and provide voter ID at the polls while outlawing mail-in ballots in most cases.

  • PattyMcB
    9·
    9 days ago

    And how many billions for the military? (Don’t get me wrong, there are bad actors out there and we should defend ourselves, but we shouldn’t be bombing children and fighting proxy wars for others)

    • TrickDacy
      4·
      9 days ago

      >1500 billion was the military budget. Even besides the war in Iran I think they pulled a few billion out of their ass on top of the previously decided budget.