WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will refuse to sign a landmark housing bill, passed by Congress with broad bipartisan support, until lawmakers approve legislation that would overhaul American elections and restrict voter registration.

Trump, for months, has been calling for members of his Republican Party to ram through the SAVE America Act, a package that would impose strict new limits, including requiring all voters to show proof of citizenship, like a passport, when registering to vote, and photo identification to cast a ballot.

“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, just two hours before a ceremony scheduled to take place at the US Capitol.