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Amrita Shah · Jun 6, 2026
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The Floor
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The Floor
A transactional bargain over the farm bill leftovers
Lawmakers spent May 20, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
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The Floor
In Boise, the debt-limit shadow play buries the map
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The Floor
Toledo cannot look away from the Pentagon’s wish list
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The Floor
Bill 2697 and the problem of an emergency war authorization
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The Floor
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