00:02President Trump is casting more doubt on whether he'll sign a bipartisan affordable housing bill
00:07while the House has a trick up its sleeve to pass the voter ID law, the Save America Act.
00:12Trump put the housing bill in limbo last week when he canceled the signing just hours before
00:17it was set to happen. He said at the time he wouldn't approve it until Congress passes the
00:22unrelated Save Act, which imposes new restrictions on voter registration and mail-in voting.
00:27When asked this week whether he will sign the housing bill, the president said this.
00:33It's a yawn. Some people say it's wonderful. To me, compared to the Save America Act,
00:41just about everything is a big yawn. I think it's so unimportant by compared to the Save America Act.
00:49I think the Save America Act is exactly what it says. It's saving America from crooked elections.
00:55And the housing bill is a bill that can get approved. They worked on it long and hard.
01:00It's very bipartisan. That means the Democrats like it. I think it's maybe even
01:11it's probably maybe more that way. They're getting things that I wouldn't necessarily agree to.
01:16The housing bill aims to lower the cost of buying a home by building more housing and restricting
01:21larger corporations from buying single-family homes to turn them into rental properties.
01:26It passed Congress last Tuesday. Well, despite the president calling it a big yawn,
01:31Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson later told USA Today he knows the president won't veto it.
01:37He says he'll either sign it or let the 10 days pass until it automatically becomes law.
01:41As for the Save America Act, Johnson has plans to wrap that tough-to-pass legislation
01:47with a must-pass defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act.
01:52That maneuver now goes to the House floor for consideration.
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