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Former Sen. Rob Portman and former President Donald Trump. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Patrick Semansky/AP, Alon Skuy/AFP via Getty Images) When Rob Portman announced he was retiring from the Senate two years ago, it was taken as another sign that Congress was going to the dogs. Portman, an Ohio Republican, knew how Washington worked — or should be working — to address national challenges, and was increasingly exasperated that it wasn't doing so. Two years later, there is a hint of ruefulness in Portman's description of that time, in which he acknowledged that he was surprised by the productivity…
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