Democrats vote overwhelmingly against GOP bill aiming to bar illegal aliens from voting

Democrats vote overwhelmingly against GOP bill aiming to bar illegal aliens from voting


The House passed another key immigration bill Thursday despite Democrats nearly unanimously voting to tank the legislation.

The SAVE Act, which was spearheaded by Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, passed in a near party-line vote with 216 Republicans voting for the bill and 208 Democrats voting against it. Just four Democrats joined Republicans to pass the legislation.

“The bill is pretty simple,” Roy said. “It just simply says you’ve got to demonstrate with documentary proof of citizenship that you’re a citizen the next time you’re going through the cycle of your registration process, or if a state decides to clean out their voter rolls.”

‘Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic.’

Some critics have suggested that

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