Lawmakers spent months carefully negotiating bipartisan housing legislation, but familiar hurdles threaten to derail the effort as it nears the finish line in one chamber.
House lawmakers and some lobbyists are objecting to parts of the Senate’s bill, including the length of a ban on central bank digital currency and a provision barring investors from buying single family homes. Some Democrats who support the legislation aren’t voting for procedural motions, insisting the war in Iran should take precedence. And President Donald Trump threatened not to sign any bills until Congress implements stricter voter ID rules.
These threats are testing whether ...