Tangent
Trump also criticized Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., for missing Tuesday’s vote on the War Powers Resolution, though the measure still would have passed even if McCormick voted against it, and he urged Thune to pass the SAVE America Act by any means necessary, MS NOW reported, citing an unnamed source.
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Contra
Trump said they had “a really great meeting” in comments to reporters, flanked by GOP leaders. He said “we like everybody really in the room, I don’t like a few people, but that’s OK, I think you know who they are,” insisting, “for the most part we have a really well-unified party.”
Key Background
Trump on Wednesday said he’s refusing to sign a housing affordability bill passed a day earlier if Republicans don’t pass the voter ID law, known as the SAVE (Safeguard American Voting Eligibility) Act. The legislation has been stalled in the Senate for several months as it’s been unable to break the 60-vote filibuster threshold since the House passed the bill in February. The bill is highly controversial as it requires voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote—documents critics say could block election accessibility and isn’t necessary since non-citizens are already ineligible to vote. The housing bill Trump blocked hours before he was set to sign it into law, known as the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, passed both chambers with overwhelming bipartisan support. The housing bill aims to make it easier and faster to build more affordable housing and expand access to home ownership, including by increasing some mortgage limits and removing some federal regulations on new construction. The dispute is the latest break between Republicans in Congress and Trump, who also said he wouldn’t authorize the extension of a federal surveillance program if the SAVE Act didn’t pass. Multiple Republicans, including Cassidy, have also criticized his deal with Iran to end military hostilities, his now-stalled $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund and his attempt to seek $1 billion in security funding for Trump’s ballroom project.
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Trump Refuses To Sign Housing Affordability Bill Until Congress Passes Voter ID Law (Forbes)
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