President Trump said on Friday he will not sign a major new bipartisan housing bill that aims to lower costs for homebuyers and renters in retaliation for Congress not passing the Republican-backed SAVE Act, a measure that would overhaul elections nationwide and potentially disenfranchise millions of voters.
"I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT," Trump wrote on social media.
Trump did not veto the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which passed both the U.S. House and Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support. The 10-day window for the president to sign or veto the bill expired at midnight Friday, meaning the legislation automatically became law without his signature.
Last month, Trump issued a presidential proclamation calling the housing bill "the most comprehensive and consequential housing legislation in the history of our country."
But soon after, he said the housing bill "pales in comparison to passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT" and threatened to withhold his signature unless Congress approved the election...
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