White House won’t say whether Trump will veto bill which passed House and Senate with veto-proof majorities

President Donald Trump on Wednesday cancelled plans to sign bipartisan housing legislation in a fit of pique over Republican senators’ refusal to blow up their chamber’s rules to pass his voter ID bill.

The president had been set to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in a rare Capitol signing ceremony at noon on Wednesday before attending a Senate Republican Steering Committee lunch.

But with less than an hour remaining until he was scheduled to leave the White House, he took to Truth Social to announce that the ceremony was “hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT.”

Wroth mentioning: the housing bill is veto-proof.

  • Tony Bark@pawb.socialOPEnglish
    2·
    21 hours ago

    Update: the housing bill only covers homes under $100,000 (Sec. 105). That’s why it doesn’t matter if it were signed or not.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      4·
      22 hours ago

      The bill maintains the language in the House amendment restricting institutional investors from buying single-family homes

      Restricts the purchase of new single-family homes by large institutional investors that directly or indirectly own at least 350 single-family homes.

      Sounds like this part could be a big deal, though.