Below this related letter campaign, I unpack what we know and don't know about this threat, as well as looking at the chances that Trump might succeed with it...
Is there any legislation awaiting Donald Trump's signature right now?
There are currently six bills that have been passed by both the House and Senate, which are poised — if Trump does keep his word — to become law without a presidential signature. Three would award Medals of Honor, to Vietnam War veterans John Ripley and James Capers and Afghanistan War veteran Kareem Dockery. The others concern tribal land, an Alaska Native village corporation, and a National Conservation Area in Nevada....
Numerous other uncontroversial, but still potentially consequential, bills are working their way through Congress even as you read this. So, given the 10 day (excluding Sundays) timeline laid out in the Constitution, we will get a sense pretty quickly of what Trump intends to do.
Does Donald Trump ever back down from threats like these?
Oh, all the time...Just because Trump says he is going to do something doesn't mean he actually does it....
In order to change Senate rules regarding the 60-vote cloture requirement, commonly known as the filibuster, Republicans need 50 senators plus J.D. Vance to agree to it. However, Republicans only have 53 senators, including at least four–Sens. Collins, McConnell, Murkowski and Tillis–who will simply never give in to Donald Trump on this threat no matter what, period. Republicans simply lack the votes here. In fact, as Senate Majority Leader John Thune said last month, Republicans are "not even close" to having the votes to change the 60-vote cloture rule...
The SAVE Act is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. It would significantly increase the documentation requirements to register to vote. A driver's license would no longer be sufficient, as it does not prove U.S. citizenship. Instead, when registering to vote, Americans would be required to produce some form of documentation that does prove citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport.
According to the Bipartisan Policy Center, when a similar law was passed in Kansas, it prevented approximately 12% of people who attempted to registrar to vote from succeeding. Republicans want to pass this law because many of them believe that huge numbers of illegal aliens are voting in elections, which simply isn't true.
According to the Bipartisan Policy Center, when a similar law was passed in Kansas, it prevented approximately 12% of people who attempted to registrar to vote from succeeding. Republicans want to pass this law because many of them believe that huge numbers of illegal aliens are voting in elections, which simply isn't true.
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