“Senate Republicans are considering quick legislation early next year to strengthen border security, energy production and the military while saving a tax-policy fight for later in 2025, laying out a two-step process for passing President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda without any Democratic help,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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