A Landmark Housing Bill Was Passed In Congress Last Month With Bipartisan Support. Trump Said He’s Not Signing it
President Donald Trump said he won’t sign a bipartisan housing bill passed last month over Republicans’ inability to pass an electoral initiative. The bill will become law anyway.
In a social media publication, Trump said his initiative is a result of “the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, which is polling at 97% with the Republican Party, and very high with the non-politician Dumocrats.”
“The Act states, quite simply, that to Vote a person must show PHOTO VOTER I.D., PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, AND THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE CROOKED, CORRUPT, & DESTABILIZING MAIL-IN BALLOTS (EXCEPTIONS for Military, Disabled, Illness, and Travel!). THE SAVE AMERICA ACT’S non-passage is CRAZY, and a serious threat to any politician who votes against it!” he added.
Elsewhere in the post, Trump said Democrats will ” will TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, if and when they ever get the chance to do so, in their very first hour – And I will no longer be able to call them Dumocrats again!” claiming that the “title of DUMB will revert to the Republicans who allowed this horrible calamity to happen to our Party, and our Nation, itself!”
Critics of the SAVE Act say the initiative will disenfranchise millions of voters, and Trump’s insistence on passing it has led to heated clashes with GOP lawmakers.
Republicans have repeatedly told the president that they don’t have the votes to pass the SAVE Act, which would impose stringent ID requirements on voters. The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy organization, estimated that up to 21 million American citizens might not have the documents needed – passports, birth certificates, or a military ID – readily available.
“Roughly half of Americans don’t even have a passport. Millions lack access to a paper copy of their birth certificate. The SAVE Act would disenfranchise Americans of all ages and races, but younger voters and voters of color would suffer disproportionately,” the Brennan Center added. “Likewise, millions of women whose married names aren’t on their birth certificates or passports would face extra steps just to make their voices heard.”
The housing bill, which passed with strong support among Democrats and Republicans, will seek to make homes more affordable by making it easier to build and buy homes. PBS reported that the law will streamline environmental reviews, remove restrictions on building manufactured homes, improve access to small-dollar mortgages, and seek to limit investor ownership of single-family homes to no more than 350.
