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President Trump Cancels Housing Bill Signing Ceremony Pending SAVE America Act
President Trump canceled the scheduled signing for housing affordability legislation on Wednesday morning, stating it would wait until Congress passes the SAVE America Act. The bill had cleared the House 358-32 and Senate 85-5 earlier in the week. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the president still plans to sign the measure within ten days.
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President Trump canceled a scheduled signing ceremony for housing affordability legislation on Wednesday morning. He stated the event would not occur until Congress passes the SAVE America Act, which he described in a Truth Social post as a national emergency. The housing bill cleared the House by a 358-32 vote and the Senate by an 85-5 vote earlier in the week.
It remains unclear whether the president has yet received the legislation. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he spoke with President Trump for 20 minutes on Wednesday morning. Johnson stated that the president still plans to sign the housing bill within the next ten days.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune was on the Senate floor when the cancellation was announced. He told reporters he had no observations about it. President Trump is scheduled to meet Senate Republicans at a lunch on Capitol Hill later Wednesday.
USA Today reported that the bill becomes law automatically if the president takes no action within ten days after receiving it. Several iterations of the SAVE America Act have moved through the 119th Congress. USA Today reported that the main provisions would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and direct states to provide voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security.
