Speaker Mike Johnson secured a significant procedural victory in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, advancing a Trump-backed election integrity measure despite Democratic opposition and internal Republican resistance. The move combines the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration, with a proposed ban on congressional stock trading, and represents one of Donald Trump's top legislative priorities on elections.

Johnson had to quell a rebellion within his own party to bring the fused bill to a vote, ultimately succeeding in pushing it through the House. Dozens of House Democrats rejected the measure, reflecting continued partisan division over voter identification requirements, though the article does not detail the final vote tally or the bill's next steps in the Senate.