While congressional Republicans wrestled with President Donald Trump’s deal with a major chip manufacturer, Republican leadership in the House and Senate have remained quiet.

The White House championed a recent deal to acquire a stake in the American chipmaker Intel , arguing that it was a move to bolster the country’s mission to break free of imports of crucial components in a variety of technologies.

But Republicans in the House and Senate struggled with the news, particularly over the Trump administration’s involvement, and ownership stake, in a private company.

As lawmakers in their ranks grappled with the deal, and potential future propositions, both House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune , R-S.D., have remained quiet on the deal, which saw t

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