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Elections have consequences: Endangered Republican turns tail on Trump

Housing on the Table, Democracy on the RackThe Article’s Real SubjectA Republican lawmaker, Mike Lawler, openly broke with Donald Trump over housing affordability and backed a bipartisan bill he says tackles supply, capital access, and costs. The same reporting also shows Trump allies defending his dismissiveness while Republican lawmakers complain he is tying housing legislation to the SAVE America Act, a voting-law push that critics say would suppress turnout. The visible issue is housing. The actual story is power: who gets to set priorities, who is forced to defend them, and who pays when…

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