Allie Beth Stuckey
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But he voted against it.
You know, he's going out.
He's not running again.
So he didn't have anything to lose, I guess.
And then finally, Tom Tillis of North Carolina, which, again, he's going out.
And I can't imagine North Carolina voters.
I know they have voter ID in North Carolina.
So I can't imagine why he would be against it.
But he was.
So four Republicans voted.
joined that.
Lindsey Graham's amendment needed 60 votes in the Senate to be approved, and he basically was putting the SAVE Act inside this reconciliation bill.
But it failed to get the required number, only receiving 50 votes.
Now, even if those four senators would have joined,
Not likely that we would have gotten anybody else on our side, but it was very disappointing, very disappointing.
I think one Democrat senator did vote with us, and I believe that was Fetterman, but I'm not sure about that.
You can double check that yourself.
But again, it just shows the challenges that we have.
But the funny thing is what it simply does is it requires people registering to vote and federal elects to provide that they have proof of citizenship, that they're eligible to vote.
And that only legally allowed citizens are eligible to vote in federal elections.