Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump's voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt

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Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump’s voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt

By Alison Main

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/politics/johnson-house-voter-id-bill

Johnson pointed out that the House has passed a version of the voter ID bill multiple times, adding, “We’re going to try one more time on a budget reconciliation bill, and I think that will be the way to get it through the Senate, and finally to the president’s desk.”

House GOP leaders believe that using a budget framework, which would only require a simple majority of votes, to pass the SAVE America Act with only Republicans in both chambers of Congress is the best path forward. They have successfully used this method twice during Trump’s second term – to advance a major domestic agenda law and to fund immigration enforcement.

However, many Senate Republicans are skeptical that they could muscle the legislation through under their strict rules around the budget reconciliation process.

During the last reconciliation push earlier this year, Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that Trump’s expansive voter ID bill did not comply with the chamber’s rules dictating which legislation is eligible to be in a budget framework.