Senators in Washington right now are debating a bill that would radically change the way Americans both register to vote and vote in elections. Republicans have been trying to get the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE America Act, passed for the last two years. The bill would require citizenship verification in order to register to vote.

Election-year legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements on voting appears stalled in the Senate, for now, despite President Donald Trump’s call in his State of the Union speech that Republicans in Congress pass the bill “before anything else.”.

House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation’s voting laws.

Voting rights groups warn legislation passed by the House requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone registering to vote could disenfranchise millions of Americans.

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

The House has rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's bill to temporarily fund the government.