Republicans Co-opt Bipartisan Housing Bill to Burnish Their Working-Class Champion Image
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GOP officials flood feeds with praise for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, positioning themselves as the sole champions of ordinary home-buyers even though Democrats negotiated and voted for the bill. The coordinated celebration turns a bipartisan measure into a partisan branding exercise that elevates Republican politicians while downplaying everyone else’s role.
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GOP officials flood feeds with praise for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, positioning themselves as the sole champions of ordinary home-buyers even though Democrats negotiated and voted for the bill. The coordinated celebration turns a bipartisan measure into a partisan branding exercise that elevates Republican politicians while downplaying everyone else’s role.
Credit where credit is due: passing ANY bipartisan housing bill is better than doing nothing. But let’s not pretend Republicans just discovered the housing crisis. Six years ago, Democrats passed Build Back Better through the House. That plan included major direct federal investment in affordable housing, including funding aimed at building more than a million new rental and single-family homes, along with rental a…
The bill, which the Senate approved on an 85-5 vote, is expected to pass the House this week and head to President Trump, who is expected to sign it. Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have been driving the package in the Senate, along with their House counterparts, Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.).
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Credit where credit is due: passing ANY bipartisan housing bill is better than doing nothing. But let’s not pretend Republicans just discovered the housing crisis. Six years ago, Democrats passed Build Back Better through the House. That plan included major direct federal investment in affordable housing, including funding aimed at building more than a million new rental and single-family homes, along with rental and down-payment assistance. Republicans blocked that Bill from even getting a up or down vote in the Senate. Now, right before an election, Republicans are celebrating the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act — a much narrower, watered-down housing bill that relies heavily on regulatory changes, permitting changes, financing tools, manufactured housing reforms, and limits on institutional investors. Some of that is useful. Fine. But it is not the same as a serious national housing buildout. It does not set a clear national target for how many homes will be built. It does not come close to the scale of the Democratic housing investment that was on the table years ago. And it passed now because Republicans are desperate for something — anything — to point to on affordability before voters go to the polls. Also worth noting: the members who voted "NO" were all the MAGA crowd, not a single Democrat Voted NO. So even this modest bipartisan bill was apparently too much “government action” for the people who claim they care about working families. So yes, take the win where there is one. But don’t let them rewrite history. Democrats tried to go much bigger on housing years ago. Republicans fought it, waited six years, watered it down, and now want a victory lap for finally admitting there is a problem.
U.S. Representative Young Kim taking full credit for The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (H.R. 6644) passed the House 358 to 32 and the Senate 85 to 5. All in the house and senate who voted against the bill are republicans.
Yes,Congress overwhelmingly passed the sweeping bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, aiming to increase housing supply and lower costs. The President said he won’t sign it‼️So sad 😔 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 Stand your ground in Congress and stay in session and it will pass without his signature.
An explainer from bipartisanpolicy.org: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/whats-in-the-21st-century-road-to-housing-act/ Congress.gov link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644 [Note to the person who maintains this page: Whenever Blackburn talks about these bills, please include a link to the text and roll call votes, etc.] Why not mention that this had broad bipartisan support? That's a good thing! The vote was 85-5 with 10 not voting. The five "nays" were all Republican and those that didn't vote were 4 Democrats and 6 Republicans.
Good bipartisan bill on housing. Do more of that.
Trump turns Congress’ housing boom bill into a bust. The president can’t fathom the point of Congress passing a law that doesn’t provide instant results and gratification
Trying to hunt for votes, kinda too late now. Nobody buys it, people don't trust this GOP house anymore. I mean, they just came from yet another non sense vacation..🤮
Oh look, Congress "solved" housing again! 🎉 Standard procedure: blame "regulatory burdens" while passing a massive, bloated package that originally tried to fix affordability by... forcing rental homes to be sold off and accidentally wiping out up to 72,000 rental units a year? Genius move. 📉🥴 Thank goodness someone read the fine print and deleted that part! But don't worry, the "landmark" legislation still features a shiny $200 million "Innovation Fund" that does the exact same things Community Development Block Grants have been doing since the 1974. Groundbreaking stuff, guys. Truly modern. 👵💸 Can't wait for my housing costs to plummet by 0% thanks to this bold step. Let's hear it for the bipartisan copy-paste! 👏🙄 #HousingCrisisSolved #Regulations #DCLogic #21stCenturyROADtoHousing #AffordableHousing #PoliticalGrandstanding
The bill, which the Senate approved on an 85-5 vote, is expected to pass the House this week and head to President Trump, who is expected to sign it. Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have been driving the package in the Senate, along with their House counterparts, Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.).