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On the recordJuly 22, 2026
This bill is a Trojan horse, using the premise of congressional ethics reform to advance a broader effort to restrict access to the ballot box.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke critiques GOP legislation as deceptive.

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