{"id":7461,"date":"2026-06-24T16:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/trump-cancels-housing-bill-signing-demands-us-voter-id-law-first\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:35:42","slug":"trump-cancels-housing-bill-signing-demands-us-voter-id-law-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/trump-cancels-housing-bill-signing-demands-us-voter-id-law-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cancels housing bill signing, demands US voter ID law first"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The affordable housing bill had been passed by bipartisan support, a rare move in a deeply divided US Congress.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United States President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned signing of bipartisan affordable housing legislation in an effort to pressure his fellow Republicans to pass a long-stalled package of US national voting restrictions that has aggravated party fissures and shown the limits of his power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s 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,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, referring to a federal bill that requires voters to provide documentary proof of US citizenship and strict photo identification to vote in federal elections.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/6\/24\/world-cup-2026-messi-mbappe-haaland-contest-best-ever-golden-boot-race\">Is the World Cup 2026 Golden Boot race the best ever?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/24\/what-does-pakistan-stand-to-gain-from-helping-broker-the-us-iran-deal\">What does Pakistan stand to gain from helping broker the US-Iran deal?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/24\/when-paris-is-hotter-than-mecca-how-europes-heatwave-compares-globally\">When Paris is hotter than Mecca: How Europe\u2019s heatwave compares globally<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/24\/rubio-says-iran-cannot-charge-tolls-in-hormuz-what-we-know\">Rubio says Iran cannot charge tolls in Hormuz: What we know<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Trump has said he will join US Senate Republicans at a closed-door lunch on Wednesday afternoon to lobby them to pass the voting measure called the SAVE America Act, his top legislative priority.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans indicated it may be a largely symbolic gesture: the bill can become law anyway if the president has not signed within 10 days, and lawmakers believe they have enough votes to overcome a presidential veto.<\/p>\n<p>The affordable housing bill was passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday in a 358-32 vote, after being passed by the Senate on Monday by a vote of 85-5. Passage of such major legislation in the deeply divided Congress has been rare.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as the high cost of living in the US, with the inflation rate rising significantly during Trump\u2019s second term in office, is ranked as a top worry by voters in public opinion polls.<\/p>\n<p>Among the main provisions of the bill are waiving or speeding up environmental reviews for home construction projects and placing a cap on the number of already constructed single-family homes that big Wall Street investors can own.<\/p>\n<p>There is an estimated shortage of millions of affordable homes in the US, according to housing industry groups.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of high mortgage rates, rising home prices and supply chain problems over the past several years has contributed to consumers\u2019 difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>According to a survey released on Tuesday, a\u00a0majority of American consumers\u00a0have said, for the first time since 2023, that they would prefer to buy a home rather than rent or move in with family members.<\/p>\n<p>With less than five months until a November midterm election that threatens to end their majority, Senate Republicans have begun to resist Trump on several fronts: They forced him to abandon a $1.8bn \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund, and expressed outrage over his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/3\/doesnt-seem-qualified-who-is-bill-pulte-acting-us-intelligence-chief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pick of an ally<\/a> with no intelligence background as the\u00a0top US intelligence official.<\/p>\n<p>And on Tuesday, Republican Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy joined Democrats to pass legislation to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/24\/us-senate-approves-iran-war-powers-resolution-what-that-means-for-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">halt US military action against Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The affordable housing bill had been passed by bipartisan support, a rare move in a deeply divided US Congress. 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