House GOP Continues Housing Push After Trump Backs Senate Bill

House Republicans are exploring avenues to amend affordable housing legislation despite President Donald Trump weighing in this week to urge swift passage of the Senate’s version of the bill.

House Financial Services Republicans met Tuesday to discuss the committee’s next steps after Trump posted on Truth Social late Monday backing the Senate’s bill, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644 ; BGOV Bill Analysis).

Chairman French Hill (R-Ark.) told reporters after the meeting that Trump’s post doesn’t change his urgency to get a housing bill to the president’s desk and that he hasn’t spoken to the ...