Congress hadn’t done much worth celebrating in recent years. Its members have largely been lawmakers in name only as legislating has ground to a near halt. But this week, to address skyrocketing costs for renters and potential homeowners alike, the House joined the Senate to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the most sweeping housing law in decades.
Leave it to President Donald Trump to completely ruin the mood.
Trump abruptly canceled Wednesday’s planned signing ceremony for the law because he’s angry the Senate hasn’t passed his misnamed SAVE America Act. Thus, the president turned the spotlight away from members of Congress, who were all set to celebrate a rare bipartisan triumph, and toward himself and his doomed and wrongheaded election bill. As of Wednesday evening, it was unclear when Trump will sign the bill — or if he ever will.
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