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By John T. Bennett and D.A. Banks

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The short list of White House legislative goals doesn’t include any big-ticket items like immigration reform or tax cuts. But the real wild card is President Donald Trump’s wavering stance on whether or not he will shut down the government — by not signing a spending package — if he doesn’t get more money for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

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