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Key events for next week and updates on key policy issues.

A possible Friday Senate vote on health-care reform and House votes on two bills that would crack down on illegal immigration are the focus in Congress in the week ahead.

Perdue to visit China | CBO update | Lumber dispute | NAFTA hearings | WOTUS rule | Brazil and beef | EU on trade

Action continues in Washington despite a Senate GOP leadership pullback of its health-care reform measure.

Updates on North Korea, trade policy, 2018 House elections and other key policy topics.

Trump meets Putin | Dicamba ban vote | Syngenta | Trade policy | Budget markup next week | Food industry mega changes | Renewables best nuclear energy

U.S. employers accelerated their pace of hiring in June, a sign of labor market growth eight years into the economic expansion, but wage growth numbers disappointed.

With just three weeks before the long August congressional recess, lawmakers face a daunting list of hard-to-get issues like health-care reform and a House budget resolution.

Health-care reform and budget resolution delayed | House to cut transportation funding | Emergency haying allowed on CRP land | Group wants quick action on Argentine biodiesel | WOTUS rule hurdle

The House will depart for the summer recess once its weekly agenda is completed while the Senate will remain in session another two weeks. The FOMC has a two-day meeting ending Wednesday.