Trump rushes to tackle affordability question as Democrats eye gain in election year

Democrats center 2026 midterm message on housing affordability

Senate Democrats are putting housing affordability at the heart of their 2026 midterm elections messaging, launching a new push Wednesday with a Capitol Hill roundtable and a fresh memo laying out how they say President Donald Trump has fallen short on his promise to lower costs. Led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the event signals how Democrats plan to frame the election: Start with housing, the…

Democrats Plan to Ride Affordability to Midterms

House Democratic leaders said on Jan. 7 they plan to make affordability and health care costs the party’s main message heading into the 2026 midterms, saying voters want Congress focused on prices and household budgets, as lawmakers returned to Washington this week. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), chair of the House Democratic Caucus, said “the American people have been clear for more than a year” that they want costs lowered. Speaking alongside R…

Trump rushes to tackle affordability question as Democrats eye gain in election year

Trump’s administration moves to address affordability concerns amid rising housing and healthcare costs as Democrats target economic issues to gain traction with voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

White House focuses on affordability as midterms loom

US President Donald Trump urged Republicans to tackle rising health care costs while Democrats unveiled a push on cheaper housing, a sign that upcoming midterm elections will likely focus on affordability. The GOP faces an uphill battle holding its narrow House majority after the expiry of popular Obama-era tax credits pushed prescription drug prices up, part of a wider affordability problem hitting the party’s poll numbers; Semafor’s politics t…