Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill, demanding voter-ID provision

[BumRushDaShow]

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.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/24/trump-cancels-housing-bill-signing-save-america-act.html

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Irrelevant. It'll automatically become law in 10 days if he doesn't sign it.

And if he vetoes it, there is enough to override.

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Published Wed, Jun 24 2026 10:30 AM EDT Updated 3 Min Ago

President Donald Trump on Wednesday canceled via TruthSocial 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.


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[Lovie777]

1. Asshole......

[oasis]

17. Trump is unsurpassed in that character trait.

[UpInArms]

2. Stupid piece of wasted space

I am sick of his cheesy cheap crapweasel media rulings

[no_hypocrisy]

3. He's going to lose the Mid-Term elections bigly,

even if he cheats.

[Bengus81]

4. There was already Vote ID in place. Ridiculous charade...........

[johnnyfins]

5. "National Emergency"

For the republicans that is. He thinks they will lose without this stupid Save act. They are gonna lose anyway.

[Ponietz]

6. 330 million hostages

[dave99]

7. can't wait to desecrate its corpse

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Release the Epstein Housing Bill /nt

[SamuelAdams]

9. They might not have the votes to override a veto.

The House failed to override two bills early this year (H.R. 131 and H.R. 504) which passed both chambers unanimously on voice votes. Both were introduced by Republicans.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Roll call votes

H.R.6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act


SENATE
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00182.htm

Vote Counts:

YEAs 85
NAYs 5
Not Voting 10

HOUSE
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224?Page=2

VOTES

yea: 358
nay: 32
present: 0
not voting: 41

This was probably one of the most lopsided votes out of this session of Congress.

For an override, need 2/3rds = 290 in the House and 67 in the Senate.

[LeftInTX]

23. Wow! I haven't followed this bill.

[sop]

30. Will enough Republicans remain firm on their initial votes when it comes time to override Trump's veto?

Or will Trump's threats cause enough of them to cave? I guess we'll find out if he decides to veto it.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. They would only need to override if he vetoes it

He hasn't said anything about vetoing it yet... just "not signing it".

I think both sides are using this for the election (and the GOP needs an "affordability" measure "win" for their constituents more than the Democrats might since the GOP is in charge and has done NOTHING to reduce the cost of every day items, let alone big ticket items like houses and cars).

[GCG]

10. He has 10 days

In 10 days(excluding Sunday), if he hasn't vetoed or signed, and Congress remains in session, the bill automatically becomes law!

[Prairie Gates]

13. Thank you - somebody said it!

He has two choices: sign it, or veto it. His third choice, do nothing, is the same a signing it. There is no "sending it back for more legislation." This is a passed bill.

If he vetoes it, he risks having his veto overridden (though of course that won't happen with the craven clowns running both chambers).

[Ol Janx Spirit]

14. This is also what I said, but...

Congress will actually have to stay in session.

They are coming up on the July 4th holiday and it looks like the Senate is due to be out of session from June 27th to July 12th. But they could absolutely choose to stay in session even with nobody in town.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/resources/pdf/2026_calendar.pdf

The House is a little better, but still only looks to have 8 days in session coming up:
https://www.majorityleader.gov/uploadedfiles/119_legislative_schedule_2026_houseofrepresentatives.pdf

But they could just take it back up when they come back in July.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. They NEVER "recess" anymore except at the end of a Congressional session

Both chambers have been doing "Pro Forma" sessions for years, gaveling in and out every 3 days when they are off "on vacation' - a/k/a - on a "District Work Period".

Obama even took this practice to the SCOTUS when attempting to do "Recess Appointments", insisting they weren't really "there" in session, and the SCOTUS smacked him down and booted those appointments.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

28. Except when Johnson kept the House out of session for 54 days during the government shutdown.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/10/house-returns-shutdown-mike-johnson-00646065

Mikey is such a weasel....

But of course, if a Democrat were in the White House they would absolutely never go out of session for that very reason.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. And guess what?

THEY gaveled in EVERY 3 DAYS during that time and moved the process so quickly that they REFUSED to swear in Adelita Grijalva the entire time after she won the special election in AZ to replace her father Raul Grijalva.

This was the situation every 3 days during the AWOL House stunt (in the below example the Chair ignored Jaime Rsskin's request to make a motion to initiate the sweating in) -

Link to tweet

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
RAJU: Earlier this year you swore in 2 Republican members during a pro forma session. So why not swear in Adelita Grijalva who was elected 2 weeks ago? Does it have to do with her 218th signature on the Epstein discharge petition?

MIKE JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that at all. We will swear her in when everybody gets back

RAJU: Why not now?

JOHNSON: Uh -- we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

6:29 PM · Oct 7, 20255

[BumRushDaShow]

19. "Thank you - somebody said it!"

I put it in the OP comments when I first posted this and even bolded it and yellow-highlighted it.

I don't use mobile for DU much if at all so maybe the comment section on LBN OPs doesn't display on that (I also use "Skinner Mode" for my forum display so perhaps it doesn't show in other modes).

[FakeNoose]

27. So 10 days from now it's a law, except Congress takes the first week of July off, am I right?

They usually split town early on Friday, and they'll be gone all next week. That's the normal pattern anyway. Has anyone (namely Speaker Mike Johnson) taken steps to keep Congress in session while the 10 days are counting down? I doubt it.

[BumRushDaShow]

37. They don't "take off" even during holidays because they do " Pro Forma" every 3 days

The only time they finally go bye bye is within 10 days of the start of a new Congressional session starting at beginning of January after a Congressional election (I.e., after Christmas).

[electric_blue68]

36. That's what i thot

[TomSlick]

31. Trump doesn't know that.

It may be that someone on his staff knows but that's not how the smart money would bet.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. I hope he does veto it and the veto is overridden,

not only would his head explode, but there would be massive amounts of catsup against the WH walls.
If we're lucky, he'll stroke out.

[SSJVegeta]

12. He isnt vetoing it though so it might become law still. Hopefully.

[maxsolomon]

15. He cancelled the signing prior to meeting with GOP Senators.

That's going to be a fun lunch.

Hope they serve potato salad that's been out in the sun all morning.

[kacekwl]

18. And they will ALL line up

to stroke his tiny mushroom.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Slobfather knows he's going to lose bigly this Fall

[chowmama]

21. Well, he was never going to sign it

It puts a tiny bit of control on the investors who buy up huge amounts of properties and make the prices as high as they can. These are the Malignant Moron's people, and you can bet that there's been some major 'campaign contributions' (or whatever they're calling it at the moment) under the table. The checks have cleared.

If, gods forbid, the voter id bill did go through, he'd have to find another excuse. But whether it goes through or not, it'll be without his signature.

[LeftInTX]

22. Oh well. It was too good to be true!

[BumRushDaShow]

25. If he doesn't sign it, it will automatically become law after 10 days (excluding Sundays)

And if he vetoes it, there is more than enough to override.

[relogic]

26. A traitorous billionaire grifter as president,

an overpaid legislative, obstructive, traitorous, body-I repeat myself.
Would we expect any of them to recognize or care about the gravity of consequences seeing millions of Americans shut out of affordable housing?
Of course not.

[paleotn]

29. Whiny little shite

Yep, it becomes law in 10 days signed by him or not. AND the SAVE act is DOA in the Senate regardless. Donnie is just being pissy. Must be the algae.

[jgmiller]

32. It's like all things he does for show

He knows or someone told him that if he doesn't sign in 10 days and he doesn't veto then it becomes law. He's just putting on a show, he's never going to actually veto it.

[mb40]

33. Good. Do not let him try to take credit for it. Run the ads

Trump won't sign a bill to make housing affordable for Americans.