The president promoted his “Trump accounts” program on a visit to Georgia, hoping to give Republicans an economic message that will connect with voters before the midterms.
The bill would bar future stock purchases by lawmakers and their families but let them keep existing holdings. An added voter ID provision clouds its prospects in the Senate.
Republicans advanced both measures despite fierce resistance from Democrats, who say Congress has failed to rein in the Trump administration’s use of military force.
If approved, it would add an eighth nation to the list of countries where President Donald Trump has ordered strikes since the start of his second term.