The end of the long government shutdown cleared the way for the House and Senate to begin advancing big legislative priorities, but now, lawmakers are facing the unavoidable gridlock that comes with divided government.
The stalemate began Tuesday, when the GOP-led Senate and the Democratic-run House rejected each other’s top legislative priorities for the new year.
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