Trump Asks Little of Congress, and He’s Not Likely to Get Much
President goes light on proposals in his State of the Union speech.
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In his record-length State of the Union address last night, President Donald Trump didn’t ask Congress for much, and few of the items he did ask for have much chance of becoming law.