House Republicans Are on a Collision Course With Trump on Housing

It’s the “narcissism of small differences,” a senior administration official said of the policy fight.

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Lawmakers said House Speaker Mike Johnson is allowing for changes to the Senate housing bill. Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP

“The House lost, the Senate won,” is how one congressional aide described the mood of the Senate after President Donald Trump urged Congress again this week to pass the bipartisan housing proposal that cracks down on Wall Street investors.

The House isn’t conceding the fight.

Republican leadership in the lower chamber is ignoring Trump’s request that Congress pass the Senate’s bill and is teeing up a vote on a new, yet-to-be-made-public version of the bill for next week, NOTUS has confirmed. Politico first reported the timing of the vote.