Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on Sunday that he will attempt to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act “one more time” in the House through a budget reconciliation bill. 

“The president has that as a top priority, and so do I,” Johnson said on Fox News Sunday. “We passed it three times in the House. We’re going to try one more time on a budget reconciliation bill, and I think that will be the way to get it through the Senate, and finally, to the president’s desk.”

Johnson said the House version of the bill contains the “backbone” of what President Donald Trump is looking to pass in the Senate, according to The Hill. 

While President Trump wants the bill to include a prohibition on mail-in voting, with exceptions, Johnson said the “bigger reach” is having the bill focus on all voters providing proof of citizenship when registering to vote and presenting a photo ID before actually voting. 

“That eliminates the problem, all the fraud and everything that everybody’s concerned about in our elections, particularly, frankly, in these blue states,” Johnson said.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who has frequently defied President Trump’s wishes, said last week that the SAVE America Act is “dead” and that even if it were to pass, there would not be enough time to change election laws before the midterms.

“Unless they do the work to get to the 60 votes, they know it’s dead, and so all this is theater,” Tillis said.