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—a mostly symbolic move, since Trump is all but certain to , the first of his presidency. For his part, Trump seemed to have put surprisingly little effort into the politicking of getting Republicans in the chamber to That wasn’t the only rebuke the Senate delivered to the White House this week: On Wednesday, it directed Trump to end American support of the , a resolution the president has also said he would veto should it pass the Democrat-led House.

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