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5 things the GOP wants to do now that they control Congress



John-boehner

Republican lawmakers will control the House of Representatives and the Senate starting Tuesday, and many of them want to start passing legislation right away


Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been criticized for not being able to work across party divides to pass laws over the past several years, and the GOP wants to prove that its leadership is different



With that, here are five things Republicans want to do right away to get the ball rolling


Build the Keystone XL pipeline


Republican lawmakers want to go after issues that have bipartisan support. One of those issues is expediting the Keystone pipeline that is supposed to send around 830,000 barrels of petroleum from Canada to the Gulf Coast of the United States every day Read more...


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