Congressional Bipartisan Dealmaking and Ethics Reforms
Key Questions
What legislative pushes are ongoing in Congress before recess?
Congress continues work on housing, NIL regulations, the farm bill, and a ban on certain prediction markets. These efforts face internal friction and procedural hurdles.
How is Congress addressing regulation of prediction markets?
Members are scrambling to add regulatory guardrails for online prediction markets after recent high-profile activity. A ban proposal is advancing amid concerns over oversight gaps.
What internal issues are affecting bipartisan dealmaking?
Parliamentarian blocks and friction between members, including Speaker Johnson's response to the Massie fallout, are complicating progress. Midterm constraints and external political pressures add to the challenges.
Pushes on housing, NIL, farm bill, prediction market ban continue before recess; internal friction and parliamentarian blocks persist. Midterm constraints and Trump resistance noted.
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Updated May 21, 2026