Trump cancels major housing bill signing to demand SAVE America Act passage
“The Dumocrats will do it in hour one, 100%.”Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has pushed hard for the Senate to take up the voter ID bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has said the GOP does not have the votes.This story is breaking and will be updated.Advertisement
- ▪“The Dumocrats will do it in hour one, 100%.”Sen.
- ▪Mike Lee (R-UT) has pushed hard for the Senate to take up the voter ID bill.
- ▪Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has said the GOP does not have the votes.This story is breaking and will be updated.Advertisement
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President Donald Trump canceled the signing of landmark bipartisan housing legislation, just hours before a scheduled ceremony on Wednesday, to demand passage of the major voter identification bill that has failed to advance in the Senate.Trump was slated to sign the housing bill, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, on Wednesday afternoon on Capitol Hill, but he unexpectedly said he would delay doing so until the passage of the SAVE America Act, which would require voter ID and proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
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