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(The Epoch Times)—President Donald Trump on June 24 canceled the scheduled signing of a bipartisan housing bill aimed at lowering home prices, saying that an election integrity bill should be passed by Congress first.
“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.
The SAVE America Act would require voters to prove their U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections. The House has passed the legislation, while the Senate has struggled to get the necessary 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. Democrats have objected to the bill, arguing its measures amount to voter suppression.
Trump has called on the Senate to remove the filibuster to get the bill passed, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has maintained that Republicans lack the votes to do so.
Trump was expected to sign the 21st Century Road to Housing Act in the U.S. Capitol at midday. The bill, Congress’s first major housing legislation in decades, aims to boost housing supply and lower prices.
The president will attend a lunch with Republican senators later today, where he is expected to discuss the SAVE Act and other legislative priorities.
The bill received strong bipartisan support in Congress. It passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 358–32, one day before the signing ceremony, after previously clearing the Senate with an 83–5 vote.
Lawmakers from both parties have increasingly focused on housing reform as home prices and rental costs have risen sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic. Limited housing inventory and homeowners holding onto low-interest-rate mortgages have contributed to higher costs and reduced market activity.
Supporters argue that the bill would help lower housing expenses by reducing federal regulations, accelerating environmental reviews, streamlining construction approvals, and encouraging the development of new homes.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
