House makes another attempt to move bill on requiring citizenship ID to vote in federal elections

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that the chamber will again vote on legislation to require ID to vote in federal elections. 

The chamber passed the measure, known as the SAVE Act, or the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, last year, but it died in the then-Democrat-controlled Senate. 

"American citizens – and only American citizens – should decide American elections," Johnson wrote on the social media platform, X. "House Republicans are determined to codify this commonsense idea with the SAVE Act which puts in place commonsense safeguards to prevent noncitizens from abusing our democratic process."

Democrats argue that non-citizens are already prohibited from voting in federal elections. 

“Current law is very clear: What is so complicated about the fact that only citizens, under the United States Constitution and federal law, are permitted to vote in federal elections?” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said last year regarding the bill.

Republicans claim illegal immigrants could mistakenly register to vote when obtaining a driver's license or other benefits.

"This legislation cements into law President Trump’s executive action to secure our voter registration process and protect the voices of American voters," Johnson's statement concluded. "We urge all our colleagues in the House to join us in doing what the overwhelming majority of people in this country rightfully demand and deserve."