Key Setbacks Dim Luster of Democrats' Year

The first Democratic-led Congress in a dozen years limped out of Washington last night with a lengthy list of accomplishments, from the first increase in fuel-efficiency standards in a generation to the first minimum-wage hike in a decade.
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Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane

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