The Senate was left in a state of confusion and anger in the wake of President Donald Trump's last-minute declaration that he would not sign into law a colossal housing package filled with his own priorities. It comes as Trump is expected to have a closed-door lunch with Senate Republicans who are already frustrated with a laundry list of his recent decisions that have either derailed or blown up their attempts to move forward with his agenda. Trump said he wouldn’t sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Package into law, which passed both chambers with overwhelming bipartisan support, unless Republicans ram through the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a voter-ID and citizenship verification package that doesn’t have the votes to succeed in the Senate. TRUMP HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL FOR PIVOTAL MEETING AS SENATE GOP DIVISIONS DEEPENPresident Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2026.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)"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 said on Truth Social.The sudden decision had some Republicans accusing Trump of handing Democrats a victory. "There is a huge group of people who really appreciate what the president's doing right now, and it's the Democratic Party," Sen.
Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said."And we've got to get our act together and stop surprising people and start having … working messages. "This housing bill was a very clear, bipartisan effort to address some of the basics of affordability, and we are here," he continued.
"It makes no sense."TRUMP-BACKED HOUSING OVERHAUL TARGETING WALL STREET INVESTORS CLEARS SENATESen.Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., one of the chief architects of the housing package, was furious that Trump refused to sign the bill into law. "Can I underline crisis three times? We have a bi...