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President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 16, 2018. Trump’s team is running out of time to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement this year.

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Trump misses NAFTA deadline as trade policy flounders

by David J. Lynch Washington Post, Damian Paletta Washington Post, and Erica Werner Washington PostMay 17, 2018

President Donald Trump on Thursday missed House Speaker Paul Ryan’s deadline for a new North American trade deal, cast doubt on prospects for averting a trade war with China hours before meeting a top Chinese official, and bragged about his…

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. The bipartisan 1.3 trillion spending bill pours huge sums into Pentagon programs and domestic initiatives ranging from building roads to combatting the nation's opioid abuse crisis, but left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House passes $1.3 trillion spending bill, boosting defense, undercutting Trump’s wall

by Mike Debonis Washington Post, and Erica Werner Washington PostMarch 22, 2018

FILE- This Jan. 3, 2018, file photo shows the Capitol in Washington. The government is financed through Friday, Jan. 19, and another temporary spending bill is needed to prevent a partial government shutdown after that. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republican leaders offer one-month spending bill

by Erica Werner Washington Post, and Mike Debonis Washington PostJanuary 17, 2018

Capitol Hill in Washington is shown in November 2016. The Senate tax bill cleared a crucial hurdle Wednesday, with a motion to proceed putting it on track for a full vote by the end of the week.

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Senate rushes tax bill forward, but Republicans split over key details

by Erica Werner Washington Post, Damian Paletta Washington Post, and Mike Debonis Washington PostNovember 30, 2017

Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, joined at right by Rep. Pat Meehan, R-Pa., makes a point as the House Ways and Means Committee continues its debate over the Republican tax reform package, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Ryan: Election losses pressures GOP to deliver on taxes

by Marcy Gordon Associated Press, and Erica Werner Associated PressNovember 8, 2017

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, begins the markup process of the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul as members propose amendments and changes to shape the first major revamp of the tax system in three decades, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House tax panel adopts GOP changes after day of bickering

by Marcy Gordon Associated Press, and Erica Werner Associated PressNovember 7, 2017

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks during a television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Flake announced he would not run for re-election in 2018, condemning in a speech aimed at President Donald Trump the "flagrant disregard of truth and decency" that is undermining American democracy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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GOP senators blister Trump, reveal party at war with itself

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 24, 2017

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at a tax reform town hall with employees at the Dixon Valve & Coupling Company factory in Chestertown, Md. on Thursday.

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Suddenly, White House and NRA open to (a little) gun control

by Erica Werner Associated PressOctober 5, 2017

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington in July. McCain says he won't vote for the Republican bill repealing the Obama health care law.

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GOP’s Obamacare repeal all but dead; McCain deals the blow

by Erica Werner Associated Press, and Alan Fram Associated PressSeptember 22, 2017

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. (center) speaks to the media, accompanied by (from left) Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

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Trump: GOP health bill short of votes before deadline

by Erica Werner Associated PressSeptember 21, 2017