Law360, New York ( January 2, 2017, 9:30 PM EST) -- The first session of the 115th Congress will convene in the U.S. Capitol this week and, for the first time since 2006, Republicans will control both legislative chambers and the executive branch of government. The GOP retained its majority in the House and Senate in November's election, and the unexpected (at least based on the pre-election polling) election of Donald Trump to serve as the 45th President of the United States provides the Republican party at least two years of unified government in Washington, D.C. Despite Hillary Clinton's win in the popular vote nationally, Republican congressional leaders have expressed their view that the election outcome provides them with an electoral mandate for their agenda and they plan to waste no time in pursuing significant policy changes. Members will commence legislative business this week facing an ambitious conservative agenda for 2017 that seeks to shrink the government and reverse many of the policies set by the Obama administration over the past eight years....