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BumRushDaShow

(174,541 posts)
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 04:15 PM Jul 5

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

Source: CNN Politics

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2026, 1:53 PM ET


House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to move quickly to advance President Donald Trump’s signature voter ID legislation through the arduous budget reconciliation process once the House returns to Washington, downplaying the heightened tensions within the GOP after he sent lawmakers home early for the holidays after a few Republicans brought the floor to a halt.

“I just decided it was best to send everybody home to go celebrate July Fourth in their districts. We’ll come back, gather everybody together,” he told Fox News on Sunday. “The big urgency is to get SAVE America passed. The president has that as a top priority, and so do I.”

Last week, a small group of conservative hardliners, led by Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, effectively blocked a key procedural vote to advance several bills on the floor out of protest that Congress had not sent the SAVE America Act to the president’s desk.

Driven by frustration, Trump has already held up a critical intelligence nomination and declined to sign a major bipartisan housing package, despite Senate GOP leaders insisting that they do not have the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster and proceed with the elections overhaul bill.

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

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Speaker Johnson says House will pass Trump's voter ID bill through arduous process after GOP revolt (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 5 OP
Archive link: littlemissmartypants Jul 5 #1
by the time they pass this it will be too late get the documents rampartd Jul 5 #2
It'll have to get 60 votes in the Senate first. sinkingfeeling Jul 5 #6
maybe. rampartd Jul 5 #7
It will never get 60 votes in the Senate. ananda Jul 5 #9
They're going to do it via reconciliation... regnaD kciN Jul 5 #13
I thought reconciliation was for budgets. ananda Jul 5 #14
The GQP will stoop as low as necessary to retain power groundloop Jul 5 #27
It is. wnylib Jul 5 #28
That is my understanding too Nictuku Jul 5 #29
this can't go to reconciliation. that's already been floated but it doesn't apply here. nt Javaman Jul 5 #16
SAVE was already ruled out for reconciliation a month ago by the Parliamentarian BumRushDaShow Jul 5 #17
Trump has been telling them to ignore the Parliamentarian. hedda_foil Jul 5 #18
And Thune knows what will happen if they kill the filibuster - and they don't have enough votes to do that anyway BumRushDaShow Jul 5 #20
a wandering bullet dave99 Jul 5 #33
he won't live that long nt orleans Jul 5 #36
Can Republicans count on their new best bud Fetterman to help them out? Bengus81 Jul 5 #19
100% sure about that bluestarone Jul 5 #26
If they can't do it before the midterms, it will never happen. Baitball Blogger Jul 5 #11
No it won't Wiz Imp Jul 5 #37
Not if they get it it on a budget bill Miguelito Loveless Jul 5 #21
It was already ruled as a violation of the Byrd Rule last month BumRushDaShow Jul 5 #23
Agreed, but Miguelito Loveless Jul 6 #46
He "ordered" that the Parliamentarian be overruled last year BumRushDaShow Jul 6 #47
I hope you are right Miguelito Loveless Jul 6 #48
Thune knows what we would pass absent the filibuster (we have the bills all teed up) BumRushDaShow Jul 6 #50
Can't be included in reconcilliation. Violates the rules. Wiz Imp Jul 5 #38
Rules seem to be optional Miguelito Loveless Jul 6 #45
Not if he can get it in a budget reconciliation process karynnj Jul 5 #22
It was already smacked down by the Parliamentarian last month BumRushDaShow Jul 5 #24
Yes it was. I should have said that. karynnj Jul 5 #25
He's only doing this to shut whiny Luna up BumRushDaShow Jul 5 #31
The fucking media isn't even talking about anything but the photo ID. They are normalizing this shit. Karasu Jul 5 #8
When you video on Media bosses, they say nothing dave99 Jul 5 #35
Remember when the House was created to express the will of their constituents and not that of party or president? sinkingfeeling Jul 5 #3
Such an exercise in futility Fiendish Thingy Jul 5 #4
I hate these monsters UpInArms Jul 5 #5
What a Ridiculous Waste of Time Trumpdumper Jul 5 #10
How is it possible to pass this in the house when there are so many rogue Republican legislators. Baitball Blogger Jul 5 #12
And what does voter id have to do with the budget? Sneederbunk Jul 5 #15
Republicans couldn't give less of a shit about that part. Karasu Jul 6 #52
Speaker Johnson can't hold his own member without dribbling down his leg Xipe Totec Jul 5 #30
He looks like an unpopular school kid trying to be popular. But only has a few sycophants . C Moon Jul 5 #39
He's bluffing. He has nothing. Martin68 Jul 5 #32
if 6 Republican Senators drop dead and 19 Republican Representatives ? dave99 Jul 5 #34
Mikey J: "We'll come back, gather everybody together...." area51 Jul 5 #40
He claims he's their protector Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 6 #41
Not a budget item so cannot use reconciliation process. And the Senate won't do it. Ford_Prefect Jul 6 #42
Johnson is just putting on a show for fans BaronChocula Jul 6 #43
Will Johnson ever face Justice? purr-rat beauty Jul 6 #44
He promises it will happen this time, though. Again. Torchlight Jul 6 #49
What on Dog's green earth... ultralite001 Jul 6 #51

rampartd

(5,980 posts)
2. by the time they pass this it will be too late get the documents
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 04:27 PM
Jul 5

start now.

state id
birth certificate
social security card
marriage documents
divorce documents
adoption documents
passport


regnaD kciN

(27,770 posts)
13. They're going to do it via reconciliation...
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 04:57 PM
Jul 5

…so it will only need 50 plus CouchBoy.

The only question is if the Senate parliamentarian rules it isn’t valid in a reconciliation bill and, if so, if the Republican majority opts to disregard that ruling for the first time ever.

groundloop

(14,073 posts)
27. The GQP will stoop as low as necessary to retain power
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 07:37 PM
Jul 5

And with our current right wing activist Supreme Court there's always the chance they'll get away with this nonsense.

Nictuku

(4,695 posts)
29. That is my understanding too
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 07:53 PM
Jul 5

Lets not forget that TSF wanted to have Sen. Thune fire the Parliamentarian, who will be the one to shoot this down if it has provisions that are not budgetary.

BumRushDaShow

(174,541 posts)
17. SAVE was already ruled out for reconciliation a month ago by the Parliamentarian
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 06:05 PM
Jul 5
Trump calls on Thune to fire Senate parliamentarian to pass SAVE America Act

(snip)

The parliamentarian ruled that the SAVE America Act did not comply with the Senate’s Byrd Rule, which determines what legislation is eligible to be included in a budget reconciliation package that can pass with a simple-majority vote, thereby avoiding a filibuster and 60-vote threshold.

As a result, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) — two Trump allies — had to ask for 60 votes to waive the budgetary objections in order to consider their proposals to amend the budget reconciliation package with the SAVE America Act.

Both motions fell well short of sixty votes.

(snip)


That's why it was briefly floated to stick it on the annual NDAA and Thune all but guaranteed that it would be stripped from that.

Doing the same thing over and over is the proverbial "definition of insanity".

hedda_foil

(17,074 posts)
18. Trump has been telling them to ignore the Parliamentarian.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 06:25 PM
Jul 5

There are still another 2-1/2 years left in this term (providing he lives that long and doesn't decide to be declared dictator for life). Can the institutions we know and love possibly hold out that long?

BumRushDaShow

(174,541 posts)
20. And Thune knows what will happen if they kill the filibuster - and they don't have enough votes to do that anyway
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 06:42 PM
Jul 5

Just like Democrats couldn't muster the votes to do that in 2021 so we could codify Roe and pass 2 voting-related bills (and Schumer tried multiple times).

BumRushDaShow

(174,541 posts)
47. He "ordered" that the Parliamentarian be overruled last year
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:51 AM
Jul 6

for the Barbaric Butcher Bill and Thune refused.

A couple things that had been struck from that were rewritten and were restored in a different form, but otherwise, the "order" was ignored.

Miguelito Loveless

(6,122 posts)
48. I hope you are right
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:00 PM
Jul 6

but each day they get more desperate and more openly corrupt. They know if they lose in November, people will be staring at jail.

BumRushDaShow

(174,541 posts)
50. Thune knows what we would pass absent the filibuster (we have the bills all teed up)
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:31 PM
Jul 6

I think Turtle had many long conversations with him before his latest medical issue.

Right now the only really slimey swamp creature is Louisiana swamp Mikey, who makes sure to have the House go "on vacation" ( District Work Period) when the going gets tough. They will all be out in August to campaign in any event, and will have to deal with FY'27 Appropriations that need to be ready by Oct. 1st or shutdown Part Deux commences.

karynnj

(61,305 posts)
22. Not if he can get it in a budget reconciliation process
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 07:01 PM
Jul 5

However, I think the parliamentarian in the Senate may disallow that as it doesn't meet the rules.

karynnj

(61,305 posts)
25. Yes it was. I should have said that.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 07:22 PM
Jul 5

More importantly, the article should have pointed that out instead of implicitly giving Johnson credit for planning an arduous path to passage.

BumRushDaShow

(174,541 posts)
31. He's only doing this to shut whiny Luna up
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 08:40 PM
Jul 5

and kick the can back to Thune.

Reconciliation is not a House Rule but a Senate Rule, so Johnson is irrelevant and he and the House have to adapt their legislation to pass muster in the Senate or the Senate will do it themselves, and strip stuff out of the House version.

Karasu

(2,519 posts)
8. The fucking media isn't even talking about anything but the photo ID. They are normalizing this shit.
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 04:42 PM
Jul 5

sinkingfeeling

(58,415 posts)
3. Remember when the House was created to express the will of their constituents and not that of party or president?
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 04:28 PM
Jul 5

Trumpdumper

(240 posts)
10. What a Ridiculous Waste of Time
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 04:44 PM
Jul 5

No chance of Senate concurrence. And even if THAT happened, it would not pass constitutional muster. Roberts and Barrett would side with the liberals.

Xipe Totec

(44,622 posts)
30. Speaker Johnson can't hold his own member without dribbling down his leg
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 08:34 PM
Jul 5

Let alone 218 Republican House members infighting and in disarray.

C Moon

(13,887 posts)
39. He looks like an unpopular school kid trying to be popular. But only has a few sycophants .
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:40 PM
Jul 5

area51

(12,818 posts)
40. Mikey J: "We'll come back, gather everybody together...."
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:49 PM
Jul 5

And what? Make them an offer they can't refuse?

BaronChocula

(5,097 posts)
43. Johnson is just putting on a show for fans
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:11 AM
Jul 6

He can say he's going to do something that's impossible to appease a group of morons, but it doesn't reopen the doors that have already closed on this monstrosity.

purr-rat beauty

(1,805 posts)
44. Will Johnson ever face Justice?
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 08:02 AM
Jul 6

The crap he is pulling is just as bad as mitch in the ditch and may be causing some irreparable damage to this nation. His bullshit is definitely enabling felonious trump's contribution to the deficit. He is such a fucking swarmy rat.

Torchlight

(7,463 posts)
49. He promises it will happen this time, though. Again.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:10 PM
Jul 6

Johnson's the perfect Milquetoast Chorus to Mr. trump's flaccid performance.

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