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GOP Hatches Scheme to Evade Filibuster and Pass Trump’s Assault on Voting Rights

GOP Hatches Scheme to Evade Filibuster and Pass Trump's Assault on Voting Rights | Common Dreams

House Speaker Mike Johnson said, ​"This time we're going to try to put it on a reconciliation bill," which "prevents the necessity of 60 votes in the Senate."

Punchbowl ++reported++ on Monday that GOP leadership had expressed interest in creating a $4 billion grant program in order to incentivize states to enact parts of the bill, including requirements that voters re-register to vote with documents proving their citizenship and provide voter ID at the polls while outlawing mail-in ballots in most cases.

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