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The legislative gears are already turning in Congress as Republicans prepare a big deal border security and other conservative policy bills for President-elect Donald Trump two weeks before his inauguration.
Friday marked the first day of the 119th Congress, meaning any bill not signed by President Biden must now be introduced and passed again, even if it passed one or both chambers in the previous term.
Republicans seemed to waste no time in doing so. The most recent congressional record shows lawmakers reintroduced several bills that Democrats and even some Republican lawmakers dismissed as “messaging” efforts as recently as last year.
Among them is the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, which would require proof of citizenship in the voter registration process.
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Republicans have reintroduced several border security measures in this Congress that were rejected as “courier bills” last term. (Getty Images)
Another bill that was reintroduced on Friday was the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., which would require the deportation of migrants who detect that they had committed sexual crimes.
“Let’s get this passed by both houses of Congress,” Mace wrote on social media over the weekend.
Meanwhile, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., announced the House would vote this week on the Laken Riley Act, named after an Augusta University nursing student who being killed by an illegal immigrant early last year.
The legislation would require federal immigration authorities to issue arrests and take custody of illegal immigrants who commit theft-related crimes.
It passed the House with some Democratic support, but was not accepted in the Senate, which was led by then-Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y.
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Included is Rep. Chip Roy’s SAVE Act, which has the support of President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Now, however, Republicans are poised to control all the levers of power in Washington after Trump’s January 20 inauguration.
“If the Senate does its job, President Trump will make it law,” Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., who introduced the bill, said in a statement.
A fourth bill, among others, was reintroduced by Rep. Nick LaLota, RNY, and aimed to defund sanctuary cities.
Other Republican priorities that were introduced last year but never received Biden’s signature were also reintroduced, such as Roy’s bill alongside new House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla. ., to impose sanctions to the International Criminal Court for attacking Israel.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise indicated that the Laken Riley Act would get a vote this week. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
It’s a glimpse into the specifics of how Republicans intend to carry out their promise to secure the border.
GOP lawmakers appear to be moving quickly to comply Trump’s wish for a very active first 100 days of Congress.
Over the weekend, GOP lawmakers began crafting plans for a massive conservative policy overhaul bill, aiming to include elements of border security, energy policy, tax cuts and defense measures .
