In a Republican Party very light on policy recommendations, and lighter still on policies they're willing to embrace openly, this policy looked like near orthodoxy...
But then, right around that vote, something happened: Donald Trump had a change of heart, one that coincided with a fundraiser...
In the context of everything else he may do with a second term, one minor policy flip-flop may seem like small potatoes, but the development represented a tectonic movement in Republican politics...
For years, the Club for Growth warred with Trump... But McConnell is out- retiring as his chamber's party leader, leaving a power vacuum in the Senate-and Trump has been brought in...
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