Mike Lee pitches attaching SAVE Act to spending bill to ensure debate in Senate

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) proposed attaching the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act to Congress’s next spending bill, stressing that “it must come up for a vote.” prior to the November election.

The SAVE Act, sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and backed by former President Donald Trump, would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require people to provide proof of citizenship before registering to vote. Lee explained that voters being required to show their proof of citizenship is similar to when people show their citizenship when applying for a new job in the United States.

“So with the SAVE Act, what we’re saying is we should require nothing less to vote in federal elections than you have to establish when you start

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