Meet the top Trump aide ‘built for’ besting the Democratic majorities

Katie Bailey is facing down a Sisyphean task.

The new director of the White House’s Office of Legislative Affairs will have one of the toughest directives of any Trump administration official across the next two years: advance President Donald Trump’s priorities on Capitol Hill, all while handling the deluge of investigations expected to be launched by the newly minted Democratic majorities.

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