Congress gives Trump deja vu with standoff over second-term agenda

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President-elect Donald Trump is being forced to relive the congressional infighting of 2017 as a narrow House majority threatens to derail the start of his second term. 

Trump won’t be sworn in until Monday, but he is already playing referee to an intraparty dispute over how to renew his signature tax cuts alongside priorities like defense and border security.

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