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A viral graphic warns that if the House-passed reconciliation bill becomes law, “we won’t have another election.” But there is no evidence to support that or some of the graphic’s underlying claims about “what’s coming” if the Senate also approves the legislation without any changes. For other claims, it’s unclear what they are based on.
For starters, the bill does not allow President Donald Trump to “delay or cancel elections,” as the graphic falsely alleges. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress and states — not the president — the authority to set the dates for federal elections. That doesn’t change under the bill.
There also doesn’t appear to be anything in the bill that says “protests can be tracked and criminalized,” or that “your VPN,” short for virtual private network, will be “tracked.” And while there is a provision in the bill that would make it easier to fire some federal employees – it may not allow blatant firings for “political disloyalty,” as the graphic also says.
However, a number of legal experts have said that a section of the bill could make it more difficult for federal judges to “enforce their own orders” holding the Trump administration and others in contempt of court, as the graphic claims.
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