Emboldened by President Donald Trump, a core group of House conservatives redoubled their calls for the Senate to pass the voter ID bill known as the SAVE America Act this week, bringing other business to a standstill and tension between the two chambers to a boiling point.
The sweeping voter ID and elections overhaul bill — which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, photo ID at the polls and restrictions on mail voting, among other things — has become a rallying cry for the House Freedom Caucus and others over the last several months.
But they have reserved their strongest ire not for the Democrats who oppose the package, but for their Republican counterparts in the other chamber, lobbing insults and complaining that senators are “lazy.”
“The bottom line is the Senate is too lazy to do America’s business right now, and that’s just plain wrong. America deserves better,” House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., said at a Thursday news conference.
Or as Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., put it: “The Senate sucks.”
