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Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (Va.) on Sunday criticized President Trump for canceling the signing of a bipartisan housing bill.
“I don’t know with this president, because he’s said that he doesn’t care about rising costs,” Subramanyam told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” regarding whether he expects Trump to sign the bill this upcoming week.
“He said… if he doesn’t have a housing problem and his friends don’t have [a] problem with housing, then it doesn’t matter to him,” the Virginia Democrat added. “So I actually wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t sign it.”
Trump canceled the signing of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on Wednesday, despite the legislation gaining passage through both chambers of Congress via overwhelming, veto-proof majorities.
The president said he will not sign the housing bill until the Senate passes the House-approved Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act — which proposes requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
After meeting with Trump on Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday he will send the bill to the president on Monday.
“I’m going to send the bill over to him on Monday, and it will become law,” the Louisiana Republican told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
If the president does not sign or veto the bill within 10 days of that procedural action, excluding Sundays, it becomes law.
But if Congress is adjourned when the 10-day period ends, the bill could die via a pocket veto. Both chambers are heading on recess this Friday, ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. However, they are expected to hold pro-forma sessions, meaning a pocket veto could not be executed.
The bill contains more than 45 different provisions, rolled together from various lawmakers’ proposals in both chambers. It includes measures to speed up review processes for housing construction, creates pilot programs to boost homeownership and incentivizes renovating aging homes.
The legislation’s staunchest advocates in Congress, including Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. French Hill (R-Ark.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), have said it will increase the supply of housing and cut costs for first-time homebuyers.
The bill also has support across the housing industry. Bill Owens, the chair of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), said after Trump delayed the signing that Americans “are demanding action on housing supply and affordability.”
A study released by the NAHB earlier this month found regulation accounts for $131,734 of the average price of a new home, which is $499,500.
Subramanyam, who has pushed for increased federal action in helping first-time homebuyers afford a downpayment, said it is “good politics” for Trump to sign the bill.
“We push this on the Democratic side and push Republicans to join us in supporting it,” he told Stirewalt. “But… it was an easy win for him and he decided not to take it because he wanted to solve a problem that doesn’t exist, which is illegal immigrants voting.
“So we are where we are right now. And this president… will do what he wants to do.”
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