"This bill is a Trojan horse," one Democratic Representative said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49776822

The House voted 216-214 on a budget reconciliation framework that includes $10 billion worth of election-related grants over a 10-year period for coaxing states into adopting anti-voting measures like those in Trump’s pet proposal. The $95 billion package also includes funding for the Iran war and bailouts for farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs.

It’s still unclear what will be in the final reconciliation bill; now that the budget resolution has been approved, individual House committees will go about drafting the legislation. The reconciliation process allows Senate Republicans to bypass the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold and pass legislation with a simple majority.

      • pelespirit
        17·
        12 days ago

        I know, but the senate won’t need a super majority now, it’ll probably pass.

        The reconciliation process allows Senate Republicans to bypass the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold and pass legislation with a simple majority.

        • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          13·
          12 days ago

          The article is also saying it’s still unlikely though:

          Despite Republican control of the Senate, it is unlikely that Trump will see any version of SAVE enacted ahead of the midterms.

          Legislation passed through reconciliation must be budgetary in nature. The Senate parliamentarian, the chamber’s procedural umpire, ruled last month that the SAVE America provisions did not fit the bill, leading Trump to call for her ouster.

          Even if these new, still-unknown provisions aren’t removed procedurally, the last time the Senate voted on the SAVE America Act, four Republicans voted against it, meaning it failed to receive even a majority’s support.

          Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has also downplayed the proposal’s chances amid legislative strategy differences with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). While the House passed a short-term stopgap funding bill Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown when the current fiscal year ends Sept. 30, Thune prefers a different spending package that he hopes to strongarm Democrats into supporting by threatening to use reconciliation if they don’t.

          • pelespirit
            7·
            12 days ago

            Well that’s good news, I hope it doesn’t get shoved through somehow. Orange man wants this so bad for a nefarious reason.