Washington.- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, reiterated this Friday that he will not sign the housing bill that was already approved by Congress, even though it will go into effect this Saturday, provided that the president does not take specific measures against it.
“I will not sign the Housing Bill that has already been fully passed by Congress and sent to the White House in protest of the fact that the United States Senate is unable to pass the ‘SAVE AMERICA’ ACT,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network this Friday.
According to the Constitution, the president has ten days, excluding Sundays, to veto or sign a bill after receiving it from Congress, but if he does not act within that period, the bill automatically becomes law.
Trump canceled the housing bill signing ceremony on June 24, just hours before it was to be held, and conditioned it on the passage of the “Save America Act,” one of his flagship projects that would tighten requirements for registering and voting in federal elections.
The housing law, which contemplates increasing the housing supply, facilitating construction, and reducing regulatory hurdles, is the most important in the field in more than three decades and represents a prominent political agreement between Democrats and Republicans.
Trump tried to use the signing of the housing bill as leverage to pass electoral reform, even though Republican Senate leaders have repeatedly told him that they do not have the necessary votes to pass it.
Democratic lawmakers and human rights associations denounce the changes that this new electoral legislation would introduce because it would affect minorities, low-income individuals, and vulnerable voters.
