President Donald Trump on Wednesday cancelled plans to sign bipartisan housing legislation in a fit of pique over Republican senators’ refusal to blow up their chamber’s rules to pass his voter ID bill.
The president had been set to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in a rare Capitol signing ceremony at noon on Wednesday before attending a Senate Republican Steering Committee lunch.
But with less than an hour remaining until he was scheduled to leave the White House, he took to Truth Social to announce that the ceremony was “hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT.”
Wroth mentioning: the housing bill is veto-proof.
He just doesn’t want to get removed from office. That’s why he calls his efforts to steal the election an “emergency”.
I was told women are too emotional to hold office
It passed 85-5 in the Senate and 358-32 in the House. Fucking pissbaby throwing another tantrum.
a fit of pique
I don’t think I’ve ever seen those words in that order.
My predictions
- They will be heavily favored by the Republicans for all the gerrymandering they have done.
- we won’t actually have midterms, due to Donny trying to cancel them for the ongoing war in Iran if not a few more by then.
- total disaster for the republicans, but as a result of that they will cry foul and we will have Jan 6 all over the country and capital again.
On point one I’m fully expecting a much bigger showing for Democrats due to dummymandering. Red voters are gonna stay home for midterms
Bitchtits whining again? Oh yep, today ends in a Y.
Just goes to show, nothing is more important to Republicans than staying in power by any means necessary. They don’t give a shit about you, they only give a shit about themselves.
This fucker is not going to allow elections in 2028. Buckle up, boys.
He can try, but elections are a state level thing that he can’t stop. If red states want to abstain, more power to them, but there will be lawsuits, and the citizens will win. Maybe some hopium in there, but most of this stuff is pretty clear cut, and there have been a lot of judges siding against Trump recently, so there’s strong precedent.
Also, god willing, he will be fucking dead by then.
He’s not the issue. He’s a glorified sock puppet, the puppet handlers aren’t going anywhere.
He’s the avatar of their interests. He doesn’t matter, and yet he’s the linchpin holding it all together
This is wildly naive. It’s unlikely to be Trump’s plan. It’ll be plans made by the billionaire puppeteers of this administration. The ones who bought Dominion and the other major electronic voting machine companies. Prepare for a multipronged offensive by billionaires making all or nothing bets.
My response was only directed and the comment I responded too. I did not include the other factors like fucking with the machines or voter suppression, very real concerns. It was only about Trump blocking an election.
I do agree with your assessment on the matter though.
Agreeing on this sucks 💩
Yep. This is why Trump is dicking with the post office, which is federal.
Also, if only red states abstain from the elections, then only their representatives and senators will be bogged down in lawsuits. Not a great way to retain control of the chambers.
So far.
Also, I hope you’re right.
“I’ve got a house, a very nice house, it’s painted white, people say it’s very nice to me all the time…”
Demented Rapist Demands Election Fuckery
An hour before? He shit his pants again didn’t he
Update: the housing bill only covers homes under $100,000 (Sec. 105). That’s why it doesn’t matter if it were signed or not.
That is only one of many different sections. And it is just a pilot program for loans.
The bill maintains the language in the House amendment restricting institutional investors from buying single-family homes
Restricts the purchase of new single-family homes by large institutional investors that directly or indirectly own at least 350 single-family homes.
Sounds like this part could be a big deal, though.
True. It’s not all bad. But I can see why it got bipartisan support now.
Yeah, but that jackass Mikey Johnson won’t hold the vote to override Der Führer.
A veto proof majority is also good enough to pass a discharge petition.
Fortunately, he doesn’t have to in this case. 10 days from the deadline it’s a law if nothing happens.
Except Johnson has to provide the bill to the president for that clock to start. If he holds onto it, it sits in limbo.
That’s not true. Once the bill is passed by both chambers, enrollment is handled by the clerk of the house and secretary of the Senate. Johnson has no power over their actions and can’t block anything since it’s now past his control. Now, that’s not say say he couldn’t try to convince them with the no power he has to hold it up, but I don’t know who the clerk or secretary are, if they would capitulate, or what the ramifications could be if they declined to do their duties.
No one tell him it will become law in 10 days if he does nothing.
I thought it was the opposite; pocket veto?
Pocket veto only applies when Congress is in recess I believe.
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a Law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a Law.
And these days, Congress never officially adjourns. Even when they’re on vacation, a few legislators will come in every few days to hold a 30 second pro forma session to prevent recess appointments or pocket vetoes. It also gets around a clause in the Constitution, “that neither chamber can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other.” The House will be damned if they have to ask the Senate for permission to go home, and vice versa.
Boy the US government is built on a foundation of wildly stupid loopholes
Unfortunately. The US legal system covers only what’s illegal; not what’s legal.
I was about to say. I knew it was stupid but I think I underestimated how.
Thank you; been a while since I had to think about that one and oddly enough Lemmy is loading better than Google out here on vacation.
Congress will just not stay in session to avoid offending him
Watch Mike Johnson adjourn Congress to stop this.
He’s already done it once
That’s an mj move 100%
I thought he did this because he was mad about the senate passing the restrictions on his attacking of iran.
Is this disinformation or was the other thing.
