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Trump’s pick for the nation’s highest-ranking law enforcement official has been closely watched, given the stakes.

Now, with Trump set for a second term, the bill's stakes were even higher, advocates and politicians warned.

The stakes are especially high in California’s battleground districts, where voters could determine which party will control the House of Representatives next year.

And there is also a risk that controllers’ workloads can be overwhelming - it is a busy, high stakes job.

U.S. companies have ownership control or other financial stakes in many Mexican manufacturing firms.