Trump says he won't sign housing bill, which would become law automatically

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNBC

Published Fri, Jul 10 2026 9:24 AM EDT Updated 6 Min Ago


President Donald Trump on Friday said he will not sign a bipartisan housing bill that Congress passed last month, in protest of Republicans’ failure to pass a controversial election measure.

But the housing affordability bill, dubbed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is nevertheless set to become law automatically on Saturday — unless Trump vetoes it. The White House, when asked if Trump would veto the bill, referred CNBC to the president’s Truth Social post saying he would not sign it.

Trump has pushed his GOP allies to make the election bill, called the SAVE America Act, their top legislative priority before the November midterms, when Democrats hope to retake at least one chamber of Congress. The bill purports to cut down on non-citizens voting in U.S. elections, even though that is already federally illegal and happens rarely, among other provisions.

Trump has previously suggested he will refuse to sign other bills until the election legislation becomes law, and last month abruptly canceled a scheduled signing ceremony for the housing bill on those grounds.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/10/trump-housing-bill-save-act-law.html

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As many of us said over a week ago as the media did their teevee-style cliffhanger reporting about a process that is clear as day written in the Constitution.

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Published Fri, Jul 10 2026 9:24 AM EDT Updated 5 Min Ago


President Donald Trump on Friday said he will not sign a bipartisan housing bill that Congress passed last month, in protest of Republicans' failure to pass a controversial election measure.

But the housing affordability bill, dubbed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is nevertheless set to become law automatically on Saturday -- unless Trump vetoes it.


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[Srkdqltr]

1. Let's hope he never knows he can veto it.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. Meh!

He'll issue a pardon thinking it's a veto.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. He's vetoed 2 bills this 2nd term

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/vetoes/TrumpDJ2.htm

[CapnSteve]

4. Sorry for being obtuse but...

...I thought this passed the house and senate with veto-proof majorities. Am I wrong?

Foxtrot Delta Tango

[Prairie Gates]

6. Veto proof is theoretical - you still have override a possible veto

Would the GOPers actually override a Trump veto? Probably not.

Trump's not going to test it because it would be humiliating if they did, and hurt them even worse with voters if they didn't.

[CapnSteve]

8. I see. Thank you for the clarity, Prairie Gates!

While it was naive of me to think that the GOP would override Pedo Donnie's veto, I think you are right: the TACO effect will carry the day.

Foxtrot Tango Delta

[BumRushDaShow]

10. I think they would override

because it would be the ONLY accomplishment that they did that wouldn't get them run out of a town hall like their vaunted Barbaric Butcher Bill.

Remember the margins between parties in each chamber are minuscule. But agree that someone obviously told him not to test it.

[Prairie Gates]

5. Off the charts petulance

Also makes it harder for GOPers to campaign on this, since it's now on the wrong side of the MAGAs. Ironically, it makes it easier for Dems to campaign on it, because it becomes a bipartisan effort (to pick up moderates) that was also done against Trump (to energize the Dems and lefties). I suppose moderate GOPers in purple seats can use it to say they bucked Trump, but again, see the problem of deflating the needed MAGAs for even those moderate GOPers.

Trump - club champion golfer (haha!) - has somehow managed to lip out this gimme.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Trump is creating his own reality. It went from a conscious departure during his reality show days,

to now, he can't tell the difference from real and fantasy.

[riversedge]

9. Trump sent his NO for the housing bill via tweet--Here............In addition, as is typical

of Trump, he has to do his name calling of Democrats...........

Link to tweet

?s=20

[BumRushDaShow]

11. "Trump sent his NO for the housing bill via tweet"

But in the real world where the Constitution exists, "NO" =

[Prairie Gates]

13. Trump's NO

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Trump says...

Again, the two most useless words in history.

[Bluetus]

14. And he is afraid of losing a veto -- or WINNING a veto

There is no upside to Trump either way. If he vetoes it and Congress overrides, that is a YUUUUGE blow to his power.

If he vetoes it and prevails, that battle will be the front of news for a week, and the story will be, "why does Trump want everybody's housing costs to be even higher?"

He should have thought about this a month ago. The guy is an idiot.

[Bengus81]

15. And then of course LATER take all the credit for helping people

And on and on this daily fucking SHIT goes............