With House and Senate in GOP hands the Republican president-elect could be poised to break through some of the capital’s gridlock as he weighs cabinet picks
Donald Trump will begin his presidency in January with the rare luxury of control by his party of both chambers of Congress, raising the prospect that he might be able to dislodge some of the gridlock that has paralyzed Capitol Hill.
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