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Edward Luce

Fear of Donald Trump sparks Congress chaos

Republicans are blocking critical policies that they insisted on because Donald Trump wants to score political points before the November election.

Harry S. Truman famously branded Congress as “do nothing” in 1948.

To be fair, the then Republicans were obstructing the Democrats’ agenda because they disagreed with it. Today’s Republicans are blocking steps that they urgently demanded which reflect their priorities.

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Edward Luce is the Washington columnist and commentator for the Financial Times. He writes about American politics and the economy.

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