{"id":2618604,"date":"2026-06-24T16:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-plans-meeting-with-trump-after-housing-bill-debacle\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:20:36","slug":"mike-johnson-plans-meeting-with-trump-after-housing-bill-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-plans-meeting-with-trump-after-housing-bill-debacle\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson plans meeting with Trump after housing bill debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-johnson-plans-meeting-with-trump-after-housing-bill-debacle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2618604&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is planning to meet with President Donald Trump to resolve a dispute involving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-downplays-major-reform-bill-housing-is-all-about-interest-rates\/\" title=\"... downplays major reform ...: Housing is &#039;all about interest rates&#039;\">bipartisan housing reform bill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >election integrity legislation<\/a>. The conflict began when Trump unexpectedly canceled signing the housing bill, which had been approved by Congress, citing the passage of the SAVE America Act-meant to enhance voter ID and proof of citizenship requirements-as a condition for his approval. Although the bill would become law in 10 days if not signed, some House republicans, like Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, are pushing to delay all other legislative activity until the Senate passes the voter ID legislation. Johnson expressed confidence that Trump would sign the housing bill within the given timeframe and indicated that Republicans could pass key parts of the SAVE America Act through budget reconciliation to bypass Senate filibusters, especially since the bill faces unlikely prospects in the narrowly divided Senate. The meeting aims to coordinate efforts and resolve the impasse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/house\/\">House<\/a> Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is meeting with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Thursday in a bid to iron out a debacle involving a bipartisan housing reform bill and election integrity legislation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversy sparked on Wednesday morning, when Trump shocked Capitol Hill by<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4622719\/trump-cancels-major-housing-bill-signing-demand-save-act\/\"> canceling the signing <\/a>of the major housing bill, which the lower chamber pushed across the finish line the prior evening by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-consulate-shut-down-after-being-hit-with-gunfire-grenade\/\" title=\"U.S. Consulate Shut Down After Being Hit With Gunfire, Grenade\">wide bipartisan margin<\/a>. Trump linked the bill\u2019s signing to the passage of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4614530\/jd-vance-senate-force-save-america-act-showdown-fisa\/\">SAVE America Act<\/a>, which aims to strengthen voter ID requirements and mandate proof of citizenship in elections, and said his signature was conditional on whether Congress passes the election integrity legislation. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4623491\/bill-gates-epstein-wealth-confusing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bill Gates said Epstein\u2019s wealth was \u2018confusing\u2019 but met with him over a dozen times<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4622549\/darializa-avila-chevalier-advocated-pro-hamas-group-columbia-university\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rising Democrat Darializa Avila Chevalier advocated pro-terrorist \u2018death to America\u2019 group at Columbia University<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4623064\/house-delays-vote-anna-paulina-luna-save-america-act-voter-id\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House delays votes after Anna Paulina Luna threatens to shut down floor until Senate passes SAVE America Act<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The housing bill will still automatically pass into law after 10 days, given that congressional leaders present the bill to Trump, even if he doesn\u2019t sign it. But Trump\u2019s move fired up some of his allies in the House, with lawmakers such as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL)<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4623064\/house-delays-vote-anna-paulina-luna-save-america-act-voter-id\/\"> leading the charge<\/a> to essentially shut down all other activity in the lower chamber to force debate on the SAVE America Act. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson\u2019s meeting with Trump on the matter on Thursday comes after he backed the president\u2019s move on Wednesday, but suggested that Trump would still end up signing the housing bill within 10 days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe has a window of time before he has to sign a bill, and he\u2019s going to use a little bit more of that window of time, and we\u2019re going to go through this together,\u201d the speaker said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4621439\/luna-roy-oppose-house-action-senate-voter-id-bill\/\"><strong>LUNA AND ROY VOW TO OPPOSE ALL HOUSE FLOOR ACTION UNTIL SENATE PASSES VOTER ID BILL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson said Trump agreed Republicans could pass key parts of the SAVE America Act through <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4623122\/johnson-says-trump-agreed-save-america-off-ramp\/https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4623122\/johnson-says-trump-agreed-save-america-off-ramp\/\">budget reconciliation legislation<\/a> that would include voter ID requirements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reconciliation process could help the bill advance in the Senate by circumventing filibusters, advancing partisan tax or spending bills with a simple majority. The bill has already passed the House but would otherwise almost certainly be doomed in the upper chamber due to Republicans\u2019 razor-thin majority. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson to meet Trump over housing and election bills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2618605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26142609889491.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[81673,40357,34218,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2618604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-congressional-meeting","tag-housing-bill","tag-mike-johnson","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26142609889491.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2618604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618609,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618604\/revisions\/2618609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2618604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2618604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2618604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}