President Donald Trump said he will not move forward with a housing bill signing, which was scheduled for noon Wednesday, until Congress passes the 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 be a National Emergency,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The U.S. House voted Tuesday night 358-32 to pass a housing package aimed at lowering costs for homebuyers and increasing housing supply. The “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act” passed the Senate in an 85-5 vote on Monday, and Trump was scheduled to sign it Wednesday in the Capitol. However, he canceled the ceremony Wednesday morning to push the SAVE America Act instead, which requires proof of ID and citizenship to vote.
Trump said in another post that the housing bill “pales in comparison” to the SAVE America Act.
“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,” he said. “That is what Americans, both Dumocrats, Republicans, and everyone else, care about.”
“Get the bad Republicans to approve it or, better yet, Terminate the Filibuster and approve it, AND EVERYTHING ELSE REPUBLICANS HAVE EVER DREAMED OF,” he added. “The Dumocrats will do it in hour one, 100%. Republicans will feel very stupid if they don’t do it first. I’ll be watching with tears in my eyes!!!”
Trump is also set to join the Senate Steering Committee lunch on Wednesday to discuss strategies to pass the SAVE America Act.
“We have to pass the SAVE America Act, which is voter ID, which is proof of citizenship, etc,” the president said Tuesday in response to a question from the Daily Signal about his luncheon agenda. “We have to pass it, so we’re going to have to talk about that, and many other things,”
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the housing bill is “full of big government garbage & spending,” such as a $200 million affordable housing pilot program to incentivize dense subsidized “affordable housing” units.
