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President Donald Trump canceled plans to sign a bipartisan bill on Wednesday afternoon aimed at lowering housing costs and increasing supply, until Congress approves voting restrictions. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall reports from the White House. (Source: Bloomberg)
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President Trump cancelled Wednesday's planned signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill, demanding Congress pass the unrelated SAVE America Act first.Why it matters: Trump has been angling for Congress to pass the voting bill for months, and previously threatened to withhold his signature on any other legislation until lawmakers passed it. What they're saying: "Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency," Trump posted on Truth Social Wednesday morning. Zoom out: The president's decision came as House GOP leaders were touting the housing bill's attributes during their weekly press conference. Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) praised the bipartisan effort to pass the bill — alongside Trump's support — mere minutes before the president's post. "Let's show the American people what legislating looks like," French said. "Let's show the American people how you bring together and do something on a bicameral basis, and we did that, and we did that in conjunction with President Trump and his priorities." The Capitol's Statuary Hall, set up and ready for Trump to sign the housing bill. Photo: Stef Kight/Axios.The intrigue: Shortly after Trump's post, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters he spoke with Trump on Wednesday morning and said the president still plans to sign the bill in the next 10 days."We're delaying this, as you know, he has a window of time before he has to sign a bill, and he's going to use a little bit more of that window of time, and we're going to go through this together."Johnson added that the SAVE Act is important because "[Democrats] do want to allow for cheating and fraud in the elections, because it is the only way that the Marxists can win."What we're watching: Trump is expected to put pressure on Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE Act during a lunch at the Capitol later today.Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and others have been adamant that they do not have enough votes to pass the bill — nor eliminate the filibuster.Thune was on the Senate floor when Trump announced the signing cancellation and told reporters, "At this point, I don't have any observations about it.Editors note: This story has been updated with additional information throughout.
Hours before visiting the Capitol, the president scrapped plans to sign a bipartisan housing bill, railing against “bad Republicans” for resisting his demands to ram through new voting restrictions.
President Trump has canceled the signing of the largest housing affordability bill in decades unless Congress passes his voter-suppressing SAVE Act.“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump wrote on Wednesday.This is a very last-minute cancellation, as the signing presentation was set to happen Wednesday, an hour after his post.“So.… Looks like they’re going to have to dissemble this stage here at Statuary Hall in the Capitol,” Scott MacFarlane of Meidas Touch wrote on X. “Trump has cancelled his signing of a housing bill … which truly jams up his fellow Republicans who wanted to campaign on it.”The 21st Century Road to Housing bill, sponsored by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. The legislation aims to make housing easier to build and more affordable by blocking corporate entities from buying up single-family homes, among other methods. Trump, a former slumlord, has also downplayed the significance of this bill.“The Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren centric housing bill, which is of minor importance compared to lower interest rates, and even FISA, pales in comparison to passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. That is what Americans, both Dumocrats, Republicans, and everyone else, care about,” Trump wrote, shortly before canceling his signing of the bill. “Get the bad Republicans to approve it or, better yet, Terminate the Filibuster and approve it, AND EVERYTHING ELSE REPUBLICANS HAVE EVER DREAMED OF.”Potentially killing a massive housing bill in the midst of an affordability crisis to make it harder for Democrats to vote is a good example of where Trump’s priorities lie. This story has been updated.
President Trump cancelled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday, saying he would not sign the legislation until the Senate passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to [...]
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