President Donald Trump will now have to decide the fate of a major housing bill. He has three options once it reaches his desk, and ten days to choose. The move forces the president to act on legislation he recently dismissed as a “big yawn.”
Donald Trump to receive Housing Bill from Mike Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed he would send the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to the White House, starting a countdown that puts Donald Trump in a tight spot. The president can sign it, veto it, or simply do nothing and let it become law automatically, since Congress remains in session.
The housing bill passed both chambers with strong bipartisan backing. It aims to ease the housing supply crunch through faster environmental reviews, fresh grants, and relaxed rules for prefabricated homes. Yet Trump has shown little enthusiasm for the legislation, dismissing it publicly even as lawmakers from both parties pushed it through.
Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, told Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures that he planned to transmit the bill to the White House today. He said he hopes Trump signs it once it arrives, though the president has given no public commitment either way (via Reuters).
Once the White House receives the housing bill, Donald Trump has 10 days, excluding Sundays, to act. If he does nothing in that window, the bill becomes law without his signature.
Trump had previously called the legislation “a big yawn” while speaking in the Oval Office, comparing it unfavorably to a separate and far more contentious priority: the SAVE America Act. That measure would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and create a national voter database using state registration records, a push tied to Trump’s long-standing and unproven claims of widespread election fraud.
“I think it’s so unimportant compared to the Save America Act,” Trump said. “To me, compared to the Save America Act, just about everything is a big yawn.” Donald Trump had earlier scrapped a planned signing ceremony for the housing bill, using it as leverage to pressure Republicans into backing his voting overhaul, which currently lacks enough Senate support to pass.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on Mandatory.com.
