Housing bill passes Senate
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Ten senators voted “no” Thursday on major bipartisan legislation that proponents say is the most significant effort to address housing costs in decades. Most of its opponents were conservative Republicans who oppose the ban on large investors buying single-family homes included in the bill.
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