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Trump’s Nominees Pose Dilemma for Senate G.O.P., Testing Their Deference

The president-elect’s choice of combative loyalists who could have trouble being confirmed has raised constitutional questions about executive power and the Senate’s prerogatives.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

Senator John Thune, the newly elected majority leader, leaving a Senate Republican conference leadership meeting at the Capitol on Tuesday.
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