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Sweetening the Deal for Democrats
After the embarrassing failure of the Republicans' health care bill, President Trump's chief strategist Steven Bannon says the White House will be busy with executive orders and other policy moves this week. Tara Palmeri, POLITICO White House correspondent, reports on the political jockeying and the policy plans President Trump and his associates have in store and how the Republicans should stop signing executive orders and start legislating.