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Trump refused to sign the housing bill Congress sent him in June, holding out for an unrelated voter ID measure
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The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law just after midnight on July 11, without President Trump’s signature, as the ten-day constitutional window closed.
What the bill actually doesDescribed as the largest housing affordability bill in decades, the act runs to more than 40 provisions.
The leverage play, in fullTrump’s position on the housing bill was never really about housing.
The housing bill Trump tried to hold hostage to it became law five weeks before the SAVE Act’s most recent failure.
It produced a housing bill that took effect exactly as Congress intended, and a voting-rights bill that is no closer to 60 votes than it was in March.