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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

President Donald Trump canceled his plan to sign a bipartisan affordable housing bill on Wednesday in an effort to pressure his fellow Republicans to pass a long-stalled package of U.S. national voting restrictions that has aggravated party fissures and shown the limits of his power.

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... "Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency," Trump wrote in a social media post. Some Republicans indicated it may be a largely symbolic gesture: it can become law anyway if the president has not signed within 10 days, and lawmakers believe they have enough votes to overcome a presidential veto.

But Trump's determination may not be enough. Although Republicans control 53 of the Senate's 100 seats, they lack the 60 votes needed to meet the chamber's filibuster threshold for most bills, which accounts for five failed votes on the measure or its provisions since mid-March. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-24 12:19 PM | Reply

@#1 ... I consider to be a National Emergency ...

Pres Trump said the quiet part out loud, that he may consider there to be a National Emergency so he can thwart the 2026 elections.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-24 12:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This country won't accomplish anything while Republicans control congress.

They can't even get Trump to sign a bipartisan bill unless it hands more power to Trump.

What a worthless mess republicans are.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-24 12:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Donald Trump is a just a mean and crazy old man.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-24 12:51 PM | Reply

I consider to be a National Emergency,

Idaho examined the 2020 and 2024 elections and only one illegal immigrant was registered to vote and then they did not even vote.

The Save the Turd Act is meant to take away peoples voting rights. No other reason.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-24 02:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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