Here's how the sweeping housing package can become law anyway.
He wants Congress to pass a voter suppression bill instead.
Trump claimed passing the Save America Act is a “national emergency.”
“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT," he said.
Trump has been angling for Congress to pass the voting bill for months.
The housing legislation would speed up the building of affordable homes, but Trump is focusing on trying to alter the nation’s voting system.
President Donald Trump abruptly canceled the signing of a bill aimed at increasing housing affordability an hour before he was due at the Capitol for the ceremony.
Trump preempted the signing by casting the housing bill as of “minor importance” when compared to factors such as lower interest rates.
President Trump said he is putting off signing a bipartisan housing reform bill until Congress passes his SAVE America Act.
President Donald Trump canceled plans to sign a landmark housing affordability bill until he gets action on his controversial elections overhaul legislation, as he heads to…
Just hours before heading to Capitol Hill, Trump called the big, bipartisan housing bill Republicans hope to run on in the fall “of minor importance.”
President Trump abruptly canceled a big bill signing for landmark bipartisan housing legislation, saying the SAVE America Act is a bigger priority.
White House won’t say whether Trump will veto bill which passed House and Senate with veto-proof majorities
The US president is pushing Republicans to pass a set of controversial voting restrictions, as frustration grows within his own party.
“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT,” he said.
President Trump has postponed a housing bill signing to push Republican senators for passage of his voting restrictions, the SAVE America Act. Despite his efforts, the bill faces…
Stand Up America Managing Director of Policy and Political Affairs, Brett Edkins, issued the following statement in response to Trump’s refusal to sign the bipartisan affordable…
Hours before President Donald Trump was scheduled to sign comprehensive housing legislation into law from the Capitol on Wednesday, he abruptly canceled the event, saying he…
The affordable housing bill had been passed by bipartisan support, a rare move in a deeply divided US Congress.
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