The Outrageous House Republican Move to Enact Trump’s Vote Suppression Proposals By the Backdoor of Budget Reconciliation

['Charles Tiefer', 'Is Professor Emeritus At The University Of Baltimore School Of Law. He Was Assistant Senate Legal Counsel', 'General Counsel', 'Acting', 'Of The House Of Representatives. He Was Commissioner On Wartime Contracting In Iraq', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar'] TPM – Talking Points Memo 2026-08-12 17:27:36

Now, House Republicans have deceptively rebranded the voting initiative, seeking to get elements of it passed as part of a “reconciliation” bill. But now, House Republicans have said, in general terms, they would be spending $10 billion on these legislative proposals. So, in the past, it was not feared that an attempt to move the SAVE Act using reconciliation could happen. Looking back at the so-called “Big Beautiful” budget reconciliation in 2025, only some of the details were in the budget resolution. That may be so watered-down and attenuated there is no actual reconciliation bill action there to enact.