Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill to pressure Congress to pass restrictive voting bill – US politics live
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10.33 EDTTrump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill to pressure Congress to pass restrictive voting billAnd just like that, Donald Trump has said he’s cancelled the signing of the major bipartisan housing bill the Senate passed last night in a bid to further pressure Congress to pass his proof-of-citizenship voting bill – which GOP leaders have repeatedly said don’t have a chance of passing.He just posted on Truth Social: double quotation markToday’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.
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