Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill, demanding voter-ID provision [View all]

Source: CNBC

Published Wed, Jun 24 2026 10:30 AM EDT Updated 4 Min Ago


President Donald Trump on Wednesday canceled via Truth Social a scheduled Capitol Hill signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill that leaders in both parties had heralded as a win.

“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. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump posted Wednesday, a little over an hour before he was due at the Capitol to sign the bill into law.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., both celebrated the passage of the housing package, which cleared both chambers with overwhelming bipartisan support, an unusual feat in the sharply divided Congress

The measure aims to increase housing supply, make homes more affordable and cap the amount of single family homes private equity can purchase. The two congressional Republican leaders announced that Trump would sign the bill in Statuary Hall on Wednesday at noon ET.

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