Trump: I'm Not Signing Any Bills Until the Senate Passes the SAVE Act

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President Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday, saying he would not sign the legislation until the Senate passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act.

"Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

The development underscores the tension between Trump and Senate Republicans on the SAVE America Act.

If Trump doesn't sign the bill within ten days, it is automatically vetoed. That's the so-called "pocket veto."

Trump had earlier ordered the Postmaster General to not deliver federal mail-in ballots to states which refused to turn over their voter lists for vetting.

The Postmaster General confirmed he will obey that order, in congressional testimony.

Postmaster General David Steiner told senators during a hearing Wednesday that he plans to abide by the Trump administration's rule regarding not delivering mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government.

The proposed rule faces court challenges and Steiner said he would follow any court ruling on the matter, but will follow the rule until an order blocks it. The proposed rule seeks to create lists of citizens in each state to help determine who is eligible to vote and calls on the Postal Service not to distribute mail ballots to those not on state lists.

Steiner confirmed he would follow the rule after Democratic Michigan Sen. Gary Peters asked "If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposal rule?"

"Under our proposed regulation, no," Steiner said, according to the New York Times. "We would tell the state that we need the manifest."

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:12 PM

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