House Republicans are eyeing a workaround to advance election reforms through a party-line spending package as the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act stalls in the Senate.
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) is pushing a financial incentive model to get states to adopt many of the proposals tucked within the doomed bill. Steil’s proposals would provide federal tax dollars to states that implement voter identification laws and require proof of citizenship for voter registration — two policies the SAVE Act would require states to implement outright.
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The plan would also provide grants for states to conduct post-election audits, upgrade infrastructure to speed up vote counting, and share voter data with federal agencies and other states, according to a document obtained by the Washington Examiner.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has fiercely advocated another party-line megabill that would skirt the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold in a process known as budget reconciliation.
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