Trump says he won't sign housing bill until Senate passes SAVE America Act

The housing bill passed with veto-proof majorities, though if Trump doesn't sign the legislation within 10 days and Congress adjourns, the bill could get hit with a pocket veto.

Published: June 24, 2026 11:00am

Updated: June 24, 2026 12:01pm

President Donald Trump on Wednesday canceled the signing of the bipartisan housing bill, saying he won't sign the measure until the Senate passes the election integrity and voter security bill known as the SAVE Act. 

“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby canceled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,” Trump said in a Truth Social post

Trump has asked Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to abolish the filibuster to pass the SAVE Act, whose formal title is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. But Thune has so far refused to do so, The Hill reported

The housing bill passed with veto-proof majorities, though if Trump doesn't sign the legislation within 10 days and Congress adjourns, the bill could get hit with a pocket veto. Congress is scheduled to begin a two-week recess on Friday, but it's not a formal adjournment. 

 

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