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Nine Requests Trump Made of Congress and How Likely They Are to Get Done

By David Hawkings
Posted March 2, 2017 at 4:08pm

By David Hawkings and Michael Cades

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Following President Donald Trump’s primetime address to a joint session of Congress, Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings gives his take on the long list of Trump’s asks of Congress — and notes previous presidents have had to shorten such lists.

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