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Trump cancels housing affordability bill signing until SAVE Act is passed
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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.
Key facts
- What they're saying: " Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as they pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which the reporter consider to be a National
- President Trump cancelled Wednesday's planned signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill, demanding Congress pass the unrelated SAVE America Act first
- Trump put pressure on Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE Act during a lunch at the Capitol later Wednesday, but Axios' Stef Kight and Kate Santaliz report there was little productive conversation
- The intrigue: Shortly after Trump's post, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La
Summary
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. The president's decision came as House GOP leaders were touting the housing bill's attributes during their weekly press conference. French Hill (R-Ark.) praised the bipartisan effort to pass the bill, alongside Trump's support, mere minutes before the president's post.