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Today is Wednesday, February 18th.

Here's what we're covering.

In Washington, The Times is covering an intensifying effort by Republican lawmakers to push for new voting restrictions.

Just last week, the House passed the Save America Act, which would require proof of U.S.

citizenship to vote.

And now House Republicans are trying to build momentum around another bill.

Some of them are calling the Save America Act, but on steroids.

Known as the Make Elections Great Again Act, this bill would ban universal voting by mail and prohibit counting ballots received after Election Day, among other provisions.

It would also give more authority to the Department of Homeland Security to get information about voters from states.

The parallel efforts come as Republicans are bracing for potentially significant losses in the midterms this fall.