Trump cancels housing bill signing, demands US voter ID law first

The affordable housing bill had been passed by bipartisan support, a rare move in a deeply divided US Congress.United States President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned signing of bipartisan affordable housing legislation in an effort to pressure his fellow Republicans to pass a long-stalled package of US national voting restrictions that has aggravated party fissures and shown the limits of his power.“Today’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,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, referring to a federal bill that requires voters to provide documentary proof of US citizenship and strict photo identification to vote in federal elections.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Is the World Cup 2026 Golden Boot race the best ever?list 2 of 4What does Pakistan stand to gain from helping broker the US-Iran deal?list 3 of 4When Paris is hotter than Mecca: How Europe’s heatwave compares globallylist 4 of 4Rubio says Iran cannot charge tolls in Hormuz: What we knowend of listTrump has said he will join US Senate Republicans at a closed-door lunch on Wednesday afternoon to lobby them to pass the voting measure called the SAVE AMERICA ACT, his top legislative priority.Some Republicans indicated it may be a largely symbolic gesture: the bill can become law anyway if the president has not signed within 10 days, and lawmakers believe they have enough votes to overcome a presidential veto.The affordable housing bill was passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday in a 358-32 vote, after being passed by the Senate on Monday by a vote of 85-5. Passage of such major legislation in the deeply divided Congress has been rare.The move comes as the high cost of living in the US, with the inflation rate rising significantly during Trump’s second term in office, is ranked as a top worry by voters in public opinion polls.