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Trump publicly and privately assured the GOP senators he would back the plan — including its massive cuts to government programs and services.
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Fifty-one senators, including four Republicans, voted on Wednesday to end President Donald Trump 's tariff on Canadian goods in a bipartisan rebuke of the administration's trade policy.
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The Congressional Budget Office has projected that extending the cuts would increase deficits by nearly $4 trillion over the coming decade.

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