Trump Cancels Plan To Sign Bipartisan Housing Bill, Demanding Voter ID Law
A bipartisan housing bill passed by Congress this week is no longer set to become law Wednesday.
President Donald Trump canceled his plans to sign the 21st Century Road to Housing Act after demanding passage of a voter identification bill.
"Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby canceled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency," he wrote in a social media post.
While Road to Housing had garnered broad bipartisan support, a group of several dozen congressional Republicans refused to vote for it unless the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act passed.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, decried the move in a Wednesday social media post.
Huge bipartisan majorities in Congress passed a bill to lower housing costs.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 24, 2026
But at the 11th hour, Donald Trump is refusing to sign it into law. His policies have made your costs go up — and he doesn't care. pic.twitter.com/BmcwGxCaNs
"Huge bipartisan majorities in Congress passed a bill to lower housing costs," she said. "But at the 11th hour, Donald Trump is refusing to sign it into law. His policies have made your costs go up — and he doesn't care."
Trump's announcement that the signing ceremony was canceled came after he penned a post decrying Warren's involvement in Road to Housing.
"The Elizabeth 'Pocahontas' Warren centric housing bill, which is of minor importance compared to lower interest rates, and even (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), pales in comparison to passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,” he said.
“That is what Americans, both Dumocrats, Republicans, and everyone else, care about.”
The SAVE Act would require voters to provide a photo ID to prove their U.S. citizenship.
It was passed by the U.S. House in February, but was rejected by the U.S. Senate earlier this month.
Some House Republicans see the Road to Housing as an opportunity to gain leverage over their Senate counterparts.
“Pass the SAVE America Act, or we will not move your bills,” U.S. Rep Randy Fine, a Republican from Florida, said in a Tuesday social media post directed at Senate Majority Leader John Thune, another Republican. “Only American citizens should vote in our elections. That’s not negotiable.”
Bisnow has reached out to Warren, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and U.S. Rep. French Hill. None of them immediately responded to requests for comment. A staffer for U.S. Sen. Tim Scott declined to comment.
This is a developing story.
