House Passes Bill to Create More Affordable Housing In Priority for Trump

“astonishment” that the House did not take action on “a bill, which could lower housing costs in the face of an approaching election, where the cost of living is the biggest issue” for several weeks.

Kennedy said a small group of House Republicans has “raised hell” over the bill but for weeks did little to actually move it, delaying a top legislative priority.

Senate Republicans expressed concern that the House may eliminate their top-priority legislation by making minor modifications just months before the November election.

They expressed concern that Senate Democrats may now abandon the legislation, which was initially approved by the upper chamber with a vote of 89-10, thereby depriving the Republican Party of a significant policy victory before the fall campaign.