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Trump relies on executive orders to push his agenda
The tax reform law stands as President Trump's only major legislative accomplishment during his first year in office. Meanwhile, he has been creating executive orders to deliver on campaign promises and to enact his political priorities, signing 55 of them in 2017. Alexis Simendinger, national political correspondent for The Hill, joins Hari Sreenivasan.
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