In those brief, fleeting moments, Trump's speech amounted to the most libertarian (not) State of the Union address one could hope for: a president just rattling off wasteful spending to be cut in the service of a smaller, saner, more fiscally sustainable federal government. It didn't last.

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Congress has less than two weeks to extend a federal funding deadline, but lawmakers are arguing over whether the White House will really spend the money they approve.