President Donald Trump said he will not sign a bipartisan congressional bill until lawmakers approve a voter-ID requirement, according to his own statement. The move ties unrelated legislation to voter-access rules and could delay passage.
President Donald Trump announced that he will refuse to sign a bipartisan bill approved by Congress until lawmakers pass a voter-ID measure. Trump made the statement on Wednesday, according to a post on social media. No further details on the contents of the bill or the specific voter-ID requirement have been released.
This is not the first time Trump has tied legislative cooperation to election-related demands. Last month Trump said he was working on national right-to-carry legislation and has previously threatened to veto bills that he argued infringed on states' rights in elections.
As The Zioneer has reported, the White House and Congress have been engaged in an ongoing back-and-forth over a series of domestic priorities. The fate of this specific bipartisan bill and the voter-ID provision will depend on upcoming negotiations.
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