What is the estimated cost and main constitutional/legal obstacle to Trump's promised $5,000 'dividend' checks for all adult Americans?

The $5,000 'dividend' checks promise carries a price tag that 'could reach $1.2 trillion paid all at once,' which would 'heighten the deficit, set to clock in at $2.1 trillion this year, by half' without offsets; the main constitutional obstacle is that 'the Constitution’s requirement that Congress appropriates money the Treasury provides' makes it 'hard to see how the administration could get around' sending the checks without congressional approval.

Why is the Republican voter ID bill — the Save America Act — unlikely to pass even if the GOP wins the midterms?

The Save America Act is unlikely to pass because 'the GOP has been unable to pass it for nearly two years because of the Senate filibuster,' and 'Senate rules require [a] 60-vote requirement to shut off unlimited debate on most legislation,' a threshold the GOP lacks.

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