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Congress Weighs Defense Funding, Election Integrity, and a Lawmaker Stock-Trading Ban Before August Recess
With roughly one week before its August recess, Congress is working to advance several legislative priorities, including defense appropriations, an election integrity measure, and a ban on stock trading by members of Congress.
Why We Ran This
This story restores context around three consequential legislative items — reminding readers that recess deadlines shape policy outcomes and that the stock-trading debate touches a genuine question of
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