(The Center Square) – Major housing legislation that overwhelmingly passed both chambers of Congress won’t become law this week after the president refused to sign it Wednesday.
President Donald Trump announced via social media that the signing ceremony for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is cancelled until Congress passes Republicans’ voter identification bill, the SAVE America Act.
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