Congressional Republicans are hoping to turn the tide on legal setbacks to President Donald Trump’s executive actions with bills to weaken the federal judiciary.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Monday introduced a measure to prohibit district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, rulings he believes are unconstitutional and should apply only to a lawsuit’s individual parties involved.

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