The legislative gears are already delivering Congress as Republicans put together a slew of border safety and different conservative coverage payments for President-elect Donald Trump two weeks forward of his inauguration.Â
Friday marked the primary day of the 119th Congress, that means any payments not signed into regulation by President Biden should already be launched and handed once more, even when they handed one or each chambers within the earlier time period.
Republicans appeared to waste no time in doing that. The latest Congressional report exhibits lawmakers re-introduced a number of payments that Democrats and even some GOP lawmakers dismissed as “messaging” efforts as not too long ago as final yr.
Amongst them is the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, which might require proof of citizenship within the voter registration course of.
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Republicans have reintroduced a number of border safety measures on this Congress that had been dismissed as “messaging payments” within the final time period. (Getty Photographs)
One other invoice re-introduced on Friday was the Violence In opposition to Ladies by Unlawful Aliens Act, by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., which might mandate deportation of migrants discovered to have dedicated intercourse crimes.
“Let’s get it handed by each chambers of Congress this go round,” Mace wrote on social media over the weekend.
In the meantime, Home Majority Chief Steve Scalise, R-La., introduced that the Home would vote this week on the Laken Riley Act, named after an Augusta College nursing scholar who was killed by an unlawful immigrant early final yr.Â
The laws would require federal immigration authorities to difficulty detainers and take custody of unlawful immigrants who commit theft-related crimes.
It handed the Home with some Democratic assist however was not taken up within the Senate, which was led by then-Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
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Rep. Chip Roy’s SAVE Act, which is backed by President-elect Donald Trump, is included. (Picture by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs)
Now, nonetheless, Republicans are poised to manage all of the levers of energy in Washington after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
“If the Senate will do its job, President Trump will make it regulation,” Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., who launched the invoice, stated in an announcement.
A fourth invoice, amongst others, was re-introduced by Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., and aimed toward defunding sanctuary cities.
Different Republican priorities launched final yr however which by no means acquired Biden’s signature had been additionally reintroduced, like Roy’s invoice alongside new Home International Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., to levy sanctions on the Worldwide Prison Courtroom for concentrating on Israel.
Home Majority Chief Steve Scalise signaled the Laken Riley Act would get a vote this week. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
It’s a glimpse into the specifics of how Republicans intend to hold out their promise of securing the border.
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GOP lawmakers seem like transferring quick to ship on Trump’s want for a extremely energetic first 100 days of Congress.
Over the weekend, GOP lawmakers started crafting plans for an enormous conservative coverage overhaul invoice, aimed toward together with components of border safety, vitality coverage, tax cuts and protection measures.
