'Here's The Hard Truth': House Freedom Caucus Reveals Plan To Prevent Non-Citizen Voting, Protect Second Trump Admin From 'Lame Duck Omnibus'

On Monday, the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) took a stand on the upcoming spending battle that will engulf Congress next month when members return from August recess. The proposal, built upon the premise that Congress would not pass the 12 individual appropriations bills ahead of a government shutdown, explains that the House Freedom Caucus would only support a Continuing Resolution if it extended funding into early 2025 and included the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The position aims to prevent an omnibus package that would only extend funding to December and thus allow Democrats to sabotage a potential second Trump administration.

Representatives return from recess about three weeks before the end of September, when they will be forced to fund the federal government or risk a government shutdown. The tight timeline could motivate congressional leadership to push through an omnibus bill as a temporary stop-gap measure to prevent a shutdown. That, however, is unacceptable to the House Freedom Caucus, which staked out its position earlier this week.

"The House Freedom Caucus believes that House Republicans should return to Washington to continue the work of passing all 12 appropriations bills to cut spending and advance our policy priorities. If unsuccessful, in the inevitability that Congress considers a Continuing Resolution, government funding should be extended into early 2025 to avoid a lame duck omnibus that preserves Democrat spending and policies well into the next administration," the Freedom Caucus said in a statement. "Furthermore, the Continuing Resolution should include the SAVE Act – as called for by President Trump – to prevent non-citizens from voting to preserve free and fair elections in light of the millions of illegal aliens imported by the Biden-Harris administration over the last four years."

The SAVE Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and passed through the House earlier this year, would prevent non-citizen voting in federal elections by requiring that voters show documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote. President Trump has supported the bill, but the Democrat-controlled Senate has not taken up the issue, making attaching it to a Continuing Resolution one of the only ways that it could become law during this session.

While the attachment of the SAVE Act to a Continuing Resolution would likely cause turmoil in Congress, Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) outlined its necessity and the HFC's position to extend funding to the spring. "Here's the hard truth for what's coming next month in D.C. — instead of returning to negotiate and pass our remaining spending bills as we should, Congress is preparing to push yet another Continuing Resolution (CR)," Congressman Cloud explained in a post on X. "This move will either delay the inevitable until December, leading to a massive omnibus package, or push the issue into the new Congress next spring. Unfortunately, this is how the establishment is forcing things."

"Here's another truth — the Democrat-controlled Senate and President Biden refuse to support the SAVE Act, a common-sense measure that ensures only U.S. citizens can vote in our elections. They don't want secure elections, and that should concern every American," the representative for Texas' 27th Congressional District wrote. "If the establishment insists on forcing a CR, then Republicans must demand that the SAVE Act be included. This would compel the Senate and President to either sign it or risk a government shutdown. This is where the [Freedom Caucus] and I stand. While we oppose passing any CR, if it's forced upon us, we will fight to ensure the SAVE Act is part of the deal. It's time to hold the line and demand accountability, because secure elections should be non-negotiable."

The House Freedom Caucus' official position, which must be approved by 80 percent of the caucus' members, could sink any attempt by House leadership to push through an omnibus package if the vote fell along party lines. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), when asked about extending funding to 2025, explained to The Hill last week that he is "thinking about all those alternatives. We're having some very thoughtful discussion about the pros and cons of the various strategies on it, and that decision is not yet determined, but it will be very soon."

The upcoming spending fight will be instrumental in ensuring that the November election is secure and that a second Trump term is able to take office in January 2025 without being handicapped by Democrats. While many on the other side of the aisle have claimed that illegal immigrants aren't voting in federal elections, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R-AL) announced earlier this week that he removed over 3,000 potential non-citizens from the voter rolls. After years of mass immigration under the Biden-Harris administration, the House Freedom Caucus' plan to get the SAVE Act through Congress will help restore the faith of millions of Americans in the electoral process.

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