Dems ready to deal with Trump -- but it's complicated

There are risks for Democrats cutting a deal with Trump, a mercurial president largely despised by the Democrats’ liberal base.

“Our base is so riled up about Trump that any agreement of any kind, like this, will have to be very carefully presented [to constituents], because it’s not that they want dysfunction, but they have zero trust of this president,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.).

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With that in mind, a number of lawmakers are already skeptical that the fiscal agreement heralds a new era of bipartisanship.

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