Trump’s threat to block Congress over voter-ID law leaves crypto bill on shakier ground
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If the crypto industry manages its top priority to get its market structure legislation through the U.S. Senate and to the desk of President Donald Trump, he might not sign it if he holds true to threats he’s been making to withhold his signature from any other legislation before the elections bill. Trump, in the midst of managing a U.S. war with Iran, has spent significant attention on the SAVE America Act, which he’s declared his top priority in Congress. The proposed legislation would be designed to impose new hurdles for U.S. voting, including identification requirements, proof-of-citizenship demands and strict limits on mail-in ballots that would be expected to thin the voter rolls. “It’ll guarantee the midterms,” Trump said in Monday remarks at a conference of congressional Republicans in Florida. “I’m willing to just sort of say I’m not going to sign anything until this is approved.” He acknowledged that the effort — a new version of the previous Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act that already passed the House of Representatives — will have a difficult time in the Senate, where he suggested there are four or five Republican lawmakers who aren’t on board. In addition to the voter requirements, the bill would additionally focus on banning transgender athletes in women’s sports and gender-affirming surgery for children. Democrats criticize the voter-ID effort as voter suppression written to fix an election-fraud problem for which there’s no evidence, despite the presidents’ claims that he’s been cheated in elections. Trump argued the act would secure Republican power in the U.S. for half a century. “You’re going to win the midterms at levels you wouldn’t even believe,” Trump told the Republican audience. The GOP is widely expected to lose ground in November’s congressional midterms, including a potential loss of the House majority, which…
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