No Excuse for Delaying Federal Housing Bill

When the Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act earlier this year, my stated view was that the bill was, like many bipartisan pieces of legislation, imperfect. The challenge in a deeply divided Washington is always whether "perfect will be made the enemy of the good," and by extension, getting lawmakers to take a shot at a legislative solution to big problems. In a rare show of legislative hustle, Speaker Mike Johnson brought an amended version of ROAD to the floor, and it