Trump says he will not sign bipartisan housing bill
The measure passed Congress with broad bipartisan support and could help ease a 10 million-home shortage, White House economists estimated.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced he will not sign the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which Congress passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in June.
- Trump is withholding his signature to protest the United States Senate's failure to pass the SAVE America Act, which he claims is "polling at 97%" with the Republican Party.
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., urged the president to sign, with Kelly posting, "He needs to stop playing games and sign the bill so more Americans can finally afford homes."
- The housing legislation is set to become law automatically at midnight Saturday without Trump's signature if he does not veto it, though Congress would require a two-thirds majority to override any veto.
- Julian Zelizer, a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University, told The Washington Post that "This is the exact kind of bill they want to point to and say Republicans are working on issues that their voters care about," but "That's not the signal that the administration is sending.
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Landmark Housing Bill Becomes Law Without Trump’s Signature
President Donald Trump said Friday morning he would not sign federal legislation aimed at lowering the cost of housing, but the bipartisan package became law at 12:01 a.m. Saturday anyway. The post Landmark Housing Bill Becomes Law Without Trump’s Signature appeared first on FlaglerLive.
Home Prices Reach Highest Level In American History As Trump Declares 'Unimportance' Of Affordability Bill
US home prices have reached a record high as President Donald Trump has continued to downplay a bipartisan housing affordability bill awaiting enactment. The median price of an existing US home climbed to £329,000 ($440,660) in June, an all-time record, just as President Donald Trump dismissed the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act as 'so unimportant' and 'a yawn' compared with his stalled voter identification bill. His refusal to sign …
Housing bill becomes law despite Trump’s refusal to sign over Senate’s failure to pass the SAVE Act
A bipartisan housing bill has become U.S. law after President Donald Trump refused to sign it in protest over the Senate’s inability to pass legislation requiring voter ID.
Other Papers Say: Housing measure is an easy win
An overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in the U.S. House and Senate — a rarity nowadays — reflects both parties’ concerns with rising housing costs nationwide and shows that political compromise is still possible in Washington, D.C., even as President Donald Trump has refused to sign the resulting housing bill.
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