Trump Dismisses GOP-Backed Housing Bill With Crude Comment

"The legislation, from Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), aims to reduce restrictions around home buying. The bill is meant to make it easier to build and afford housing, including modernizing outdated government programs, lowering costs by removing unnecessary federal requirements, and increasing local flexibility over housing decisions."

"President Donald Trump reportedly told House Speaker Mike Johnson that nobody gives a f*ck about housing in reference to a Senate bill addressing the very issue. Johnson told Republican leaders that in his private conversation with Trump, the president dismissed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which is set to be voted on in the Senate on Wednesday."

"I think we'll just stay the course, get the housing bill completed and, hopefully, this will still be one of those things that [Trump] can look at and say, this can be a victory for us, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), meanwhile, said that if the legislation doesn't pass this round, he doesn't believe it will ever have a chance."

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan bill from Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren, aims to reduce housing restrictions and make homeownership more affordable by modernizing government programs and lowering federal requirements. President Trump reportedly told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he does not prioritize the housing legislation, instead focusing on the SAVE Act requiring voter ID and military strikes on Iran. Despite Trump's dismissal, some Republican senators advocate proceeding with the housing bill, arguing it represents a legislative victory. House Republicans threaten to force formal negotiations that could jeopardize the bill's bipartisan support. Senator John Kennedy warned that failure to pass the housing legislation now may eliminate future opportunities for its passage.

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