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Trump’s sudden decision to dig in against a Senate-passed stopgap spending bill that didn’t fund a border wall could shut down the government until at least Jan. 3, when Republicans lose control of the House and Democrat Nancy Pelosi is expected to become the House speaker. Trump’s stand on wall funding is being cheered by House Republicans, but Senate Republicans have been unsettled by the president’s decision this week to abandon the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and the subsequent decision by Defense Secretary James Mattis to quit in protest of the president’s foreign policy. As for leverage, Trump and the GOP have squandered much of it.
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