What's in store for Congress in 2016?

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NewsHour Political Director Lisa Desjardins discusses 2016 on Capitol Hill.

As President Obama enters the last full year of his presidency, he'll have to contend with a sixth straight year of working with a Republican-led Congress over key conflict points, such as Obamacare, the war on Islamic terrorism, Guantanamo Bay, and Syrian refugees. With a look ahead at 2016 on Capitol Hill, NewsHour Political Director Lisa Desjardins joins Hari Sreenivasan

AIR DATE 1/1/16

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