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| Seven Questions Heading Into Trump's Address to Congress |
From NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
With President Trump set to address a joint session of Congress around 9:00 pm ET tonight, we can state the obvious: His administration has gotten off to a slow start. Just 15 members of his cabinet and team have won Senate confirmation, compared with 29 for Barack Obama and 22 for George W. Bush at this same point in time, per data from the Partnership for Public Service. And on the legislative front, he’s signed nothing substantial into law, even though Republicans control both the White House and Congress. At this same point in time eight years ago, Democrats had already passed their stimulus, equal-pay legislation, and children’s health-care expansion, while Bush 43 had sent his big tax-cut plan to Congress (though it wasn’t passed into law until the summer). So given this slow start, we have seven questions heading into tonight’s speech, which the White House has billed as a “renewal of the American spirit. |
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