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President Trump abruptly canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing affordability bill on Wednesday, reaffirming his vow not to sign any legislation until Congress passes the SAVE America Act to dramatically overhaul U.S. elections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday\u2019s 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,\u201d Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social less than two hours before the signing ceremony was to take place at the White House.<\/p>\n

But House Speaker Mike Johnson said he expects Mr. Trump to sign the housing bill within the 10-day window the Constitution provides for a president to sign or veto legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Louisiana Republican said the president gave him a heads-up about his plan to cancel the signing ceremony during a 20-minute phone call they had Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has expressed the priority and the preference of the SAVE America Act. We share that,\u201d Mr. Johnson said. \u201cWe passed it three times in the House,\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The speaker said he has advised Mr. Trump that the only path to getting the bill through the Senate amid universal Democratic opposition is using the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that if you create a grant program that ties it to reconciling the budget, and you allow blue states \u2014 if they come to their senses and they want to avail themselves of election integrity proposals and ideas and policies \u2014 they can draw down from a federal fund and use those,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re willing to invest heavily in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Johnson said he walked the president through that plan in detail on Wednesday, as he has previously, and Mr. Trump said he wants to see some progress on it before signing the housing bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2019I\u2019d love to show it to you. We got a meeting today, and some more coming up,\u2019\u201d Mr. Johnson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump was scheduled to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which aims to both increase housing supply and lower the cost of homeownership by cracking down on large institutional investors buying up homes. Lawmakers in both parties have made the measure a priority in the midterm election year to address voters\u2019 concerns about the cost of living.<\/p>\n

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The bill cleared the House 358-32 one day after it was passed in the Senate by a vote of 85-5, a rare bipartisan achievement for a largely gridlocked Congress.<\/p>\n

It would grant funding and create pilot programs to build new homes, ease construction regulations and empower local governments to expedite reviews to build housing. The legislation would also limit large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has been supportive of the bill and was expected to sign it into law. The bill would have given Republicans, who control both the House and Senate, an easy win on a popular affordability issue ahead of the November midterms.<\/p>\n

However, Mr. Trump reiterated his promise not to sign any bills until the SAVE America Act is passed. That legislation, which would overhaul voting laws and require proof of citizenship nationwide to register to vote, faces an uphill battle in the Senate, where Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, acknowledges he doesn\u2019t have the votes to pass it.<\/p>\n

The president made his surprise announcement canceling the signing of the housing bill just hours before he was to attend Senate Republicans\u2019 weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

In March, Mr. Trump declared the SAVE America Act \u201csupersedes\u201d all other legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMust go to the front of the line. I, as president, will not sign other bills until this is passed and not the watered down version \u2014 go for the gold; must show voter I.D. and proof of citizenship. No mail-in ballots except for military \u2014 illness, disability, travel,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Mr. Trump also said he wouldn\u2019t support any renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which supporters say is critical to protect the nation\u2019s security, unless the Senate passes the SAVE Act.<\/p>\n

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