Trump halts housing bill signing to press Senate on voter ID measure
Why it matters: The bipartisan bill had been a rare cross-party win on affordability before Trump tied it to the stalled SAVE America Act.
President Donald Trump canceled a planned Capitol Hill signing of a bipartisan housing bill Wednesday, saying he would not move forward until Congress passes the SAVE America Act. The housing package had cleared both chambers with broad support and was promoted by House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune as a major affordability measure. It seeks to boost housing supply, lower costs and limit how many single-family homes private equity firms can buy. Trump instead used the moment to intensify pressure on Republicans to advance the election bill, which would impose nationwide voter ID rules and target noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections.