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+title: Congress Public Records Slice
+emoji: 🔎
+colorFrom: green
+colorTo: yellow
+sdk: gradio
+sdk_version: "4.44.0"
+python_version: "3.11"
+app_file: app.py
+pinned: false
+---
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 # Congress Public Records Slice Space
 
 Neutral Records explorer for a public-record slice of congressional money-and-power linkages.
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 ## Runtime Notes
 
 - This Space reads the sanitized dataset bundle from the configured Hugging Face dataset repo.
-- For local testing, set `local_dataset_root` in `public_copy.json` or regenerate the bundle with a local preview root.
+- For local testing, set the `PUBLIC_RELEASE_LOCAL_ROOT` environment variable to the release root folder before launching `app.py`.
 - The Space is intentionally neutral and does not assign guilt, wrongdoing, intent, or causality.
 
 ## Required Caveats