Congressional Republican leaders Thursday downplayed a deal struck between President Donald Trump and Democrats a day earlier, insisting that it was nothing more than an attempt to avert political gamesmanship during a national emergency, with one hurricane cleanup underway and another storm bearing down on Florida, reports NBC.

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