President Trump says he still won’t sign the housing affordability bill

(NBC, KYMA) - President Donald Trump said, in a social media post Friday morning, he won't sign a sweeping housing affordability bill that was passed with overwhelming Republican and Democratic support.

If President Trump doesn't veto the bill, which he said he won't back until Congress passes an elections overhaul that he has been pushing, it will become law at midnight.

The president did not make clear in his post if he plans to veto the measure.

Trump has been using the housing bill as leverage to try to force congressional action on legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and personal identification at the polls, but the measure does not have enough support from lawmakers to advance.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent the housing bill to the White House on June 29, several days after Trump canceled a signing ceremony for the legislation in an effort to pressure lawmakers to pass elections overhaul bill.

Speaker Johnson and other Republican leaders had previously expressed confidence that Trump would sign the housing bill.