The House of Representatives failed to pass a spending bill that included an election integrity bill.
The spending bill would have pushed the government funding deadline to March 2025, while the SAVE Act would have required Americans to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Fourteen Republicans voted against the measure, including Reps. Lauren Boebert, Tim Burchett, Elijah Crane, Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs, Doug Lamborn, Nancy Mace, Cory Mills, Mike Rogers, Matthew Rosendale, Gregory Steube, Beth Van Duyne, Wesley Hunt, Jim Banks, Thomas Massie, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Three Democrats voted in favor of the measure: Reps. Donald Davis, Jared Golden, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
Had the bill passed the House, it would have likely failed in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) condemned the bill’s inclusion of the SAVE Act, calling it a “poison pill” in the funding measure.
“Democrats support a [continuing resolution]. As I have said before, the only way to get things done is in a bipartisan way,” he wrote. “Despite Republican bluster, that is how we’ve handled every funding bill in the past, and this time should be no exception. We will not let poison pills or Republican extremism put funding for critical programs at risk.”
President Joe Biden would have also vetoed the bill.
According to a statement from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Biden administration “strongly opposes” the bill. “If the President were presented with H.R. 9494, he would veto it,” the statement said.
