The House legislative session proved productive last week.
House Republicans passed two key pieces of legislation for protecting election integrity and pushing back on the Left’s assault on Title IX.
The SAVE Act establishes photo identification requirements for federal elections. It’s the election protection we need in a time when Democrats are making blatant efforts to register noncitizens to vote. See their attempt to allow 8,000 noncitizens to vote in municipal elections in New York City.
The SAVE Act, H.R. 8281, or the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, adds extra safeguards to federal elections.
35 states already require a form of identification to be presented at polls in order to vote, and the SAVE Act extends such requirements to voter registration in all 50 states. Voters will now have to present proof of citizenship upon registering to vote, and the bill also empowers states to remove proven noncitizens from voter rolls.
In a statement denouncing the bill, the White House claimed, “This bill would do nothing to safeguard our elections, but it would make it much harder for all eligible Americans to register to vote and increase the risk that eligible voters are purged from voter rolls.”
The act takes into account a wide variety of situations though and lists a number of acceptable forms of ID including state-issued ID, military ID, a naturalization certificate, and a U.S. passport.
It was introduced to the House by Texas representative Chip Roy in May, and it passed last Wednesday 221 to 198.
“Radical progressive Democrats are engaged in a wholesale attack on citizenship and what it means to be an American. Through open borders, lawlessness, and attacks on this nation’s founding principles, the Left is ripping at the very fabric that holds this nation together. We will only be able to keep this republic as a republic as long as our citizenship as Americans remains meaningful. That’s why I introduced the SAVE Act in the first place, and it's why the People’s House passed it today,” said Roy in a statement.
The bill is not only a victory for election integrity but also a pushback on the Left’s open border policies.
House Republicans also rallied together last week to pass Joint Resolution 165. H.J.
Res. 165 would kill President Biden’s rewrite of Title IX that redefines sex to include gender identity and allows biological men to participate in women’s sports and utilize female-only restrooms and locker rooms. It passed the House with zero Democrat support in a 210-205 vote.
The resolution, spearheaded by Illinois representative Mary Miller, subjects the Department of Education’s new rule for “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance” to Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5 in the United States Code. If passed by the Senate, the bill would use the power of the Congressional Review Act to null the Biden administration’s changes to Title IX. The passing of H.J. Res. 165 by the House is a major step toward protecting women’s sports.
