Chaos kept going in the House GOP on Tuesday when a vote to move forward with the National Defense Authorization Act was blocked by fourteen Republicans.They refused to support the important military funding bill unless the Save Act, a voter ID law backed by President Trump, was added to it.
Over a dozen House Republicans stopped the vote on the essential defense bill, once again because of the GOP’s main election bill, the SAVE Act.
The House has already passed the SAVE Act three times, but it hasn’t gotten enough support in the Senate, which is run by Republicans, to become law.“The SAVE Act has become a major problem for House Republicans, keeping them from moving forward on important votes and delaying other bills,” said Axios’s Kate Santaliz about the ongoing issues caused by the SAVE Act for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).Axios listed the Republicans who voted against the defense bill, which is needed to keep the military fully funded:
Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (La.), Tim Burchett (Tenn.), Chip Roy (Texas), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Lauren Bobert (Colo.), Max Miller (Ohio), Victoria Spartz (Ind.), Eric Burlison (Mo.), Andy Harris (Md.), Eli Crane (Ariz.), Randy Fine (Fla.), Keith Self (Texas), Mike Turner (Ohio.) and Steve Scalise (La.) — voted against the rule for the National Defense Authorization Act because it doesn’t include an amendment on the SAVE Act.
Rep.
Max Miller (R-OH) added more anger after the vote, accusing Speaker Johnson of lying about allowing a rule that would let the SAVE Act be attached to the defense bill.Punchbowl’s Catherine Leffert reported Miller said, “There’s one common problem here.It’s always been one person, and for someone who’s got the holiest tongue in the world, he lies more than anyone I’ve ever met.”
Santaliz ended her report by saying Speaker Johnson seems to be stuck without options to pass the SAVE Act again and get back to other important plans.
“The path forward for passing the defense bill is unclear, and it’s also unclear how Johnson and his team will move forward on other legislation they wanted to pass before the July 4 recess,” she wrote.
About the Author
