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President Trump signs an executive order directing federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as "Lake America" in the Oval Office on Aug. 27. Photo: Al Drago/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images
House Democrats are planning legislation to counteract the executive order President Trump signed Thursday re-designating Lake Ontario as "Lake America," Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Democrats are scrambling to contain the fallout from an escalating economic conflict between the Trump administration and the Canadian government.
