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President Donald Trump was sworn into office on January 20, 2017, with big plans to invest in infrastructure, repeal Obamacare and his signature demand — build the wall.
Republicans control the House, Senate and White House, and optimism was high at the beginning of his presidency. But introducing Trump politics to the Republican party, under what has been hailed as “Trumpism,” proved to be a bigger hurdle than any Democratic opposition in Congress.
Kentucky Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been unable to unite the Senate, even with a conservative majority. And Republican leadership from the most traditionally conservative states, like Arizona under the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain and Sen. Jeff Flake rejected much of the Trump agenda.
The latest struggle between President Trump and Congress has been on passing the House spending bill, which includes border funding and prevents a partial government shutdown. Trump is pressuring McConnell to get the needed democratic votes, tweeting Friday morning, “Mitch, use the Nuclear Option and get it done! Our Country is counting on you!”
The Senate needs at least nine Democratic votes to pass most legislature; not only are these votes unlikely, but several Senate Republicans including Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander have said they will not be voting in favor of this bill either.
Tune in to see what else in Trump’s agenda has been derailed by Congress.