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applegrove

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Sat Sep 16, 2017, 09:27 PM Sep 2017

Hill Republicans Are Losing Their Influence [View all]

https://politicalwire.com/2017/09/16/hill-republicans-losing-influence/

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Washington Post: “Despite their control of both chambers and with a GOP partner in the White House, congressional Republicans are laboring, sometimes awkwardly, to project leverage over efforts to rewrite the nation’s tax laws and craft a bill to decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants.”

“Some are privately fuming over the valuable political cover Trump is giving to centrist Democratic senators who are top targets in the 2018 midterms in states the president won. By negotiating with them and appearing at events together, the president is potentially easing their challenge of winning conservative voters.”

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