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President Trump referred to a bipartisan housing bill as a “yawn” on Monday, arguing that the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act is more important.
“It’s so unimportant compared to the SAVE America Act,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “When I look at the bill, it’s a bill. When I look at the SAVE America Act, it’s about saving America.”
“It’s a yawn,” he continued. “To me, compared to the SAVE America Act, just about everything is a big yawn.”
He conceded, however, the bill is “probably not going to happen because we have four Republican senators, maybe five, that just won’t vote for it. It’s crazy.”
Trump sent shockwaves through Washington last week when he canceled the signing of the bipartisan housing legislation known as the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which passed both chambers with overwhelming majorities, saying he would not sign until the SAVE America Act is passed through Congress.
The housing bill would block large investors from buying up single-family homes and create pilot programs to expand access to small-dollar mortgages (less than $100,000) in addition to improving fairness within the appraisal industry.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he would send the legislation to Trump on Monday; however, Trump told reporters he did not know whether he would sign it. The bill does not need to be signed by Trump to become law. According to the Constitution, a bill can become law automatically if a president does not take action for 10 days.
Trump’s sights have been set on passing the SAVE America Act, which would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections and present a photo ID to cast a ballot.
A version of the legislation has passed through the House, but it has been blocked by Democrats in the Senate. Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to abolish or reform the filibuster to pass the bill, but Thune has said each time that there aren’t the GOP votes to do so.
Trump told reporters on Monday that the Supreme Court decision upholding a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots sent by Election Day to be counted makes it more imperative to pass the legislation, but he conceded it probably would not because of Republican opposition in the Senate.
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