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Kennedy faces tough task selling action to Congress
President Kennedy must persuade a conservative Congress with a narrow victory margin to enact urgent economic relief. His lack of unilateral power, reliance on persuasion, and long experience in a fractured chamber shape his challenge to win support across both parties amid a stubborn, slow-moving legislative body.
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