唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，他将推迟签署两党住房改革法案，直到国会通过他签署的选举和投票改革立法《拯救美国法案》。
特朗普原定于周三中午在国会山签署这项立法，但他在预定开始前几个小时突然取消了这项活动，并在社交媒体上宣布了他的最后通牒。
“今天的住房新闻发布会和签署特此取消，直到我们通过急需的拯救美国法案，我认为这是一个国家紧急情况，”总统在一封邮件中写道。
在与北约秘书长马克·吕特会晤前，记者问及该法案时，特朗普表示，他不会签署该法案，并希望“看看拯救美国法案会发生什么”。
当被问及是否会否决该法案时，特朗普没有回答，该法案以不容否决的多数通过了两院。
但是他说降低利率将会解决国家的住房危机。
“我在房地产上赚了几十亿美元。我比任何地方的任何人都了解住房。都是利率的问题。降低利率，你可以拥有所有你想要的住房，”他说。
“低利率会解决一切，会解决那个。尽管如此，现在我们在住房方面做得很好，”他说。
特朗普自3月以来一直坚称，在《拯救美国法案》送到他的办公桌之前，他不会签署任何立法。在3月8日的一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普写道，它“取代了一切”。
《拯救美国法案》将对选举和投票进行重大改革，包括要求在投票站出示照片和公民身份证明，然后才能登记投票。这已被民主党人拒绝。特朗普敦促参议院的共和党人消除或修改阻挠议事规则，以通过该法案，尽管多数党领袖约翰·图恩(John Thune)坚持认为共和党人没有足够的票数这样做。
住房立法《21世纪住房法》在参众两院以压倒性优势获得通过。一旦签署成为法律，大投资者将被限制购买独户住宅，一些建筑法规将被放松，以试图增加供应，缓解全国范围内的短缺。
众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊表示，他将于周四在白宫会见川普，并对川普签署该法案充满信心。
“但他今天想表明一个观点，这是一个重要的观点。美国人民就在那里。美国人民想要安全可靠的选举，而《拯救美国法案》做到了这一点。
“低利率会解决一切，会解决那个。尽管如此，现在我们在住房方面做得很好，”他说。
特朗普自3月以来一直坚称，在《拯救美国法案》送到他的办公桌之前，他不会签署任何立法。在3月8日的一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普写道，它“取代了一切”。
《拯救美国法案》将对选举和投票进行重大改革，包括要求在投票站出示照片和公民身份证明，然后才能登记投票。这已被民主党人拒绝。特朗普敦促参议院的共和党人消除或修改阻挠议事规则，以通过该法案，尽管多数党领袖约翰·图恩(John Thune)坚持认为共和党人没有足够的票数这样做。
住房立法《21世纪住房法》在参众两院以压倒性优势获得通过。一旦签署成为法律，大投资者将被限制购买独户住宅，一些建筑法规将被放松，以试图增加供应，缓解全国范围内的短缺。
众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊表示，他将于周四在白宫会见川普，并对川普签署该法案充满信心。
“但他今天想表明一个观点，这是一个重要的观点。美国人民就在那里。美国人民想要安全可靠的选举，而《拯救美国法案》做到了这一点。
特朗普周三早些时候在另一篇社交媒体文章中表示，与低利率、《外国情报监视法》和《拯救美国法》的重新授权相比，住房法案“不太重要”。
他还批评这项立法是“沃伦中心主义”，指的是民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦，他是共同提案人。
沃伦对特朗普取消签字仪式的反应是，在X上写道:“国会两党的巨大多数通过了一项降低住房成本的法案。但在最后时刻，唐纳德·特朗普拒绝将其签署为法律。他的政策让你的成本上升了，但他不在乎。”
如果总统没有签署或否决一项法案，它将在国会开会的10天后成为法律。但如果国会在10天期限结束前休会，它可能会成为袖珍否决权的受害者。
住房法案在参众两院以绝对多数通过。
Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill until his SAVE America Act is passed
President Donald Trump said he is putting off signing a bipartisan housing reform bill until Congress passes his signature election and voting reform legislation, the SAVE America Act.
Trump was slated to sign the legislation at noon on Wednesday on Capitol Hill, but he abruptly canceled the event just hours before it was due to start, announcing his ultimatum on social media.
"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," the president wrote in a post.
Asked about the bill by reporters before his meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Trump said he wasn't signing the bill and wanted to "see what happens" with the SAVE America Act.
Trump didn't answer when asked if he would veto the bill, which passed both chambers with a veto-proof majority.
But he did say that lowering interest rates would solve the nation's housing crunch.
"I made billions of dollars with housing. I know housing better than anybody maybe anywhere. It's all about the interest rate. Lower the interest rates, you can have all the housing you want," he said.
"Low interest rates will solve everything, will solve that. Now, despite that, we're doing well with housing," he said.
Trump has insisted since March that he will not sign any legislation until the SAVE America Act is sent to his desk. In a social media post on March 8, Trump wrote that it "supersedes everything else."
The SAVE America Act would make significant election and voting reforms, including requiringphoto IDat polling places and proof of citizenship before a person could register to vote. Ithas been rejected by Democrats. Trump has pushed Republicans in the Senate to eliminate or modify the filibuster to get the bill through, though Majority Leader John Thune has maintained Republicans don't have the votes to do so.
The housing legislation, The 21st Century Road to Housing Act, passed overwhelmingly in the House and Senate. Once signed into law, big investors will be limited from buying up single-family homes and some building regulations will be loosened in an attempt to increase supply and ease the nationwide shortage.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will meet with Trump at the White House on Thursday and is confident that he'll sign the bill.
“But he wanted to make a point today, which is an important one. That's where the American people are. The American people want safe and secure elections, and the SAVE America Act does that,” Johnson said.
Trump earlier Wednesday, in a separate social media post, said the housing bill is "of minor importance" compared to lower interest rates, the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the SAVE America Act.
He also criticized the legislation as "Warren centric," referring to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is a co-sponsor.
Warren reacted to Trump's cancellation of the signing ceremony, writing on X: "Huge bipartisan majorities in Congress passed a bill to lower housing costs. But at the 11th hour, Donald Trump is refusing to sign it into law. His policies have made your costs go up -- and he doesn't care."
If a president doesn't sign a bill or veto it, it becomes law after 10 days while Congress is in session. But if Congress were to adjourn before the 10-day period is up, it could fall victim to a pocket veto.
The housing bill passed with veto-proof majority in both chambers.
