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Americans who believe voter verification is essential to free and fair elections need to contact senators now and let them know.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, maybe the best Republican the Democrats have ever had, doesn’t want to waste her time with such inconsequential things as election integrity, particularly making sure noncitizens don’t vote in U.S. elections. So what’s important to the Alaska RINO? Why, “Native Hawaiian women,” of course.That’s the resolution Murkowski proudly lobbied for in the Senate this week as she works with Democrats to kill the SAVE America Act. Senate Resolution 650, which recognizes “the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.”
You’ll be glad to know that Murkowski’s priority was considered Wednesday and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by unanimous consent. Just like that.
The republic is saved!
Murkowski has said she won’t support the voter verification bill, anyway. The Republican has been a perfect Democrat on the subject, using the same inane and false fearmongering arguments as the left has in her opposition to legislation whose key component is supported by north of 80 percent of Americans.
She’s not alone though. As the Republicans in the Senate continue to hold the floor for what could be a lengthy debate on the SAVE America Act, the banal business of the august upper house goes on.
On Thursday, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., introduced the Local Data for Better Conservation Act. The proposal, according to the senator’s office, would “amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require federal officials to accept and incorporate data collected by state wildlife agencies when making listing and delisting determinations for endangered and threatened species.”
Fair enough. There’s definitely merit to the bill. But it sure seems like there are bigger fish to fry at the moment.
Lummis has been a vocal supporter of the SAVE America Act, which, at its core, would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to vote in federal elections. But, alas, the Senate remains no place for pressing business and urgent action — unless the urgency is earmarks for special pork barrel projects.
‘Important and Consequential’
Some CINOs (conservatives in name only) still don’t get it. President Donald Trump is right when he says the SAVE America Act is “one of the most IMPORTANT & CONSEQUENTIAL pieces of legislation in the history of Congress, and America itself.” It’s right to be his No. 1 priority — at least domestic priority. He is right to threaten to withhold support from Republicans who oppose it.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has done well to get the legislation to the floor for extended debate. Now he needs to pull every lever at his disposal to keep the debate going until he has the votes to pass legislation that will secure our elections and restore faith in them. --->READ MORE HERE
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