{"id":2618651,"date":"2026-06-24T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bats-down-save-america-act-compromise-route\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:07:06","slug":"trump-bats-down-save-america-act-compromise-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bats-down-save-america-act-compromise-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump bats down SAVE America Act compromise route"},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftrump-bats-down-save-america-act-compromise-route%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=2618651&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>President Donald Trump declined to consider a compromise on the SAVE America Act shortly after canceling the signing of a housing bill on Capitol hill. He emphasized that the SAVE Act includes voter ID, proof of citizenship, and mail-in ballots, wich he insists are non-negotiable. Trump expressed support for mail-in voting for military personnel and others who are ill or overseas but emphasized the need for voter ID and citizenship proof.Additionally,he called for a federal ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >biological men participating<\/a> in women&#8217;s sports-a key aspect of the bill that has faced Democratic opposition. Trump also canceled the signing of the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, citing his desire to see what happens with the SAVE America Act first.He left unclear whether he would veto thehousing legislation if it reached his desk and highlighted lowering interest rates as a means to improve housing availability. The overall focus was on issues of voting integrity and opposition to certain gender policies in sports.  <\/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\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> refused to consider a compromise to enact parts of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/save-act\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"22939\">SAVE America Act<\/a> hours after he canceled signing a housing bill on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> question about including provisions of the SAVE America Act in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doe-delays-three-biden-energy-efficiency-standards-for-appliances\/\" title=\"DOE delays three Biden energy efficiency standards for appliances\">special legislative process<\/a> known as reconciliation, Trump was unequivocal. The legislation requires <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-id\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"162\">voter ID<\/a> and proof of citizenship when registering to vote, but it likely doesn\u2019t have enough votes in the Senate to make it onto Trump\u2019s desk.<\/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\/white-house\/4623969\/trump-iranian-school-strike-american-military-innocent\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he doesn\u2019t think US was responsible for fatal strike on Iranian school<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4623858\/watch-live-trump-meeting-nato-chief\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with NATO chief at White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4623112\/judge-kennedy-center-tarp-front-signage\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge orders Kennedy Center to explain tarp blocking front sign<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, the SAVE Act should be \u2026 there\u2019s no compromise, it\u2019s voter ID, it\u2019s proof of citizenship, and it\u2019s also the mail-in ballots,\u201d Trump said while seated next to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office.<\/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\">\u201cWe want mail-in ballots for the military if they\u2019re away,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe want them for people that are ill, or people that are in some form handicapped, or have a hard time, or people even that are on vacation. I\u2019m open to that, but mail-in ballots, you have to vote, because we have a lot of rigged elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president also pushed for a federal ban on biological men in women\u2019s sports, a key provision of the SAVE America Act that has led Democrats to denounce the bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier on Wednesday, Trump abruptly canceled the signing of the landmark bipartisan <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/6644\/text\">21st Century ROAD to Housing Act<\/a>, aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-warren-urges-dems-to-get-aggressive\/\" title=\"Sen. Warren Urges Dems to Get &quot;Aggressive&quot;\">lowering housing costs<\/a>, and claimed he would delay signing it until the passage of the SAVE America Act. The announcement surprised lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who either urged Trump not to veto the legislation or to push for a compromise with a third reconciliation bill. Trump\u2019s announcement came before he held a contentious meeting with Senate Republicans on the hill.<\/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\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4623122\/johnson-says-trump-agreed-save-america-off-ramp\/\">MIKE JOHNSON SAYS TRUMP AGREED TO SAVE AMERICA ACT OFF-RAMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> also asked the president whether he would veto the housing legislation if it came to his desk, but Trump left the fate of the bill unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI said I\u2019m not signing the housing bill. I want to see what happens with [the SAVE America Act],\u201d said Trump. \u201cI made billions of dollars with housing. I know housing better than anybody, maybe anywhere. It\u2019s all about the interest rate. Lower the interest rates, you can have all the housing you want, but you have to understand \u2026 I don\u2019t want to hurt people that own houses too.\u201d<\/p>\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<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump rejects compromise on SAVE America Act after halting housing bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2920,"featured_media":2618652,"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\/AP26175754722021.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36160,75195,3634],"class_list":["post-2618651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-political-controversy","tag-save-america-act-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26175754722021.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618651","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\/2920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2618651"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618655,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618651\/revisions\/2618655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2618651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2618651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2618651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}