Future of Bipartisan Affordable-housing Bill in Limbo after Trump Cancels its Signing

On June 24, 2026, President Donald Trump abruptly canceled an event to sign a bipartisan affordable-housing bill, announcing the ceremony was off as he fumed about the Senate not passing his bill to impose new rules on elections.

An hour and a half before he was due to sign the bill at the Capitol at noon, the president caught lawmakers and some staff by surprise, declaring on social media that a news conference and signing ceremony was "hereby cancelled until such a time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency."*

The announcement came as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other House GOP leaders were touting the housing bill at a news conference, the stage set for the president in the National Statuary Hall — including a table and chair to sign the legislation.

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