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    Posts Resurface Made-up ‘Congressional Reform’ Bill

    by Angelo Fichera Oct 23, 2019 1 minute
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    Viral Facebook posts claim President Donald Trump has endorsed a supposed “Congressional Reform Act of 2017.” But no such bill exists. The text in the posts has circulated for years without references to Trump, and it is riddled with false claims.

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    There is no proposed legislation before Congress called the “Congressional Reform Act.”

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