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A House Republican is drafting legislation to try to bypass Senate rules and advance President Donald Trump\u2019s push to require enhanced voter identification. The bill would cost taxpayers $250 million over five years.<\/p>\n

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According to Politico, U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) is working on the \u201cSAVE America Through REAL ID Act,\u201d which would provide funds for lower-income voters to obtain a REAL ID, while encouraging states to require a REAL ID to vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to address that one issue, we\u2019ve created this grant program for states to use to help people who meet the income qualifications \u2026 to be able to get a free REAL ID,\u201d Fedorchak told Politico.<\/p>\n

Fedorchak hopes the $250 million price tag will make the legislation eligible to pass in the Senate under the reconciliation process, which requires only a simple majority \u2014 thus potentially bypassing the need for any Democratic votes.<\/p>\n

Fedorchak\u2019s bill would be \u201can alternative to the proof-of-citizenship and voter-ID mandates in the original SAVE America Act that would likely be excluded from a party-line bill by the Senate parliamentarian,\u201d Politico reports.<\/p>\n

Politico\u2019s Meredith Lee Hill reported that House GOP leaders were \u201cscrambling to find ways to squeeze pieces of the SAVE America Act into their next party-line bill.\u201d That would include \u201cusing funding carrots instead of policy mandates to clear the Senate parliamentarian.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Despite repeated pressure from President Trump, as recently as Thursday afternoon, the SAVE America Act has stalled in the Senate. Trump wants that legislation to require all voters to show voter ID and proof of citizenship, while sharply narrowing the use of mail-in ballots. Trump is also pressing for the bill to ban \u201cmen in women\u2019s sports,\u201d and \u201ctransgender mutilization [sic] surgery for our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back in February the president vowed the SAVE America Act would pass into law, \u201cone way or another.\u201d Critics see the controversial bill as voter suppression legislation.<\/p>\n

Democrats oppose the bill in part because it requires a passport or birth certificate to register to vote \u2014 something tens of millions of Americans do not currently have, according to voting rights groups. It also narrows generally accepted forms of photo ID to vote.<\/p>\n

Others oppose it because it requires states to run their voter rolls through federal immigration databases, which reportedly have a high error rate. Critics also say that it creates a large unfunded administrative burden for states.<\/p>\n

In April, Trump told Republicans that enacting the SAVE Act would \u201cguarantee the midterms\u201d \u2014 while claiming that was not the reason he was pushing the bill. \u201cI don\u2019t think you can politically exist if you\u2019re not going to do voter ID and these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

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