Why Trump is blocking a big housing bill |
Why Trump is blocking a big housing bill
It could be an easy bipartisan win. Trump’s voter ID obsession is getting in the way.
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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is sabotaging a rare bipartisan legislative win for a bill with no chance of passage.
What’s happening? Trump was set to sign a big, bipartisan housing bill — intended to address housing affordability and encourage new construction — into law on Wednesday, after it passed the House and Senate earlier this week by overwhelming margins. But he pulled out at the last minute on Wednesday morning, citing his demand that lawmakers “pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT.”
What’s the SAVE America Act? It’s a new voter ID measure that Trump has set his heart on, which would require Americans to provide........