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An Olive Garden in Hyattsville, Maryland. (Deb Lindsey\/For The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Olive Garden brought back its Never-Ending Pasta Pass this month. With the promotion come rules: For $100, a guest has access to 13 weeks of all-you-can-eat pasta at any participating location, as long as they present the pass and a photo ID.<\/p>

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House Republicans have adopted that last detail in their push for stricter national voter ID laws, arguing that if Americans have to show a photo ID to eat never-ending pasta at the chain, they should also be required to show a photo ID to cast a vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cNowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you\u2019ve got to show a picture ID,\u201d House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) said Tuesday. \u201cThis isn\u2019t complicated stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans have been demanding national voter ID laws as part of the Save America Act, a piece of legislation that would reform elections nationwide and that has the backing of President Donald Trump.<\/p>

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Other Republicans, including Reps. David Kustoff (Tennessee) and Virginia Foxx (North Carolina), also have cited the Olive Garden talking point this week.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Olive Garden did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the chain has stated on X that to access the Never-Ending Pasta deal, customers must present their personalized and non-transferrable pasta pass alongside a photo ID to prevent fraudulent pasta sales.<\/p>\n

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