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Boston Globe - Politics
Republicans delay budget votes as they balk at Trump's fund -- Senate Republicans abruptly abandoned plans to take up a filibuster-proof bill Thursday to fund President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, a stunning turn demonstrating that members of his own party were not willing to risk politically toxic votes to advance the president's personal agenda.
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