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By Justin Sink, Erik Wasson, and Anna Edgerton

January 2, 2018 at 9:00 AM UTC

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January 2, 2018 at 2:00 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump and many Democrats and Republicans in Congress all enter the new year spoiling for a fight.

Unresolved issues set aside in 2017 to make way for a tax overhaul are poised to surface early in 2018, giving Trump the opportunity for the confrontation with Washington’s establishment that he’s promised since his election.