Gop Struggles To Govern Despite A Monopoly In Washington

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and BILL BARROW Associated Press, Waco Tribune-Herald
Sun, 03/26/2017 - 6:02am

The Republican Party of "no" for Democrat Barack Obama's eight years is having a hard time getting to "yes" in the early Donald Trump era.

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