Congress hasn't accomplished much, and it may not. Lawmakers have only seven weeks of work left before their five-week break in August, and Republicans haven't solved their Rubik's Cube-like divisions that keeps tripping up the party.

What Trump has tried to do alone has been stopped by the courts. Then there's the near-ceaseless news about the investigation into Russia meddling in the election and Trump's ties to it.

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The result of all these factors is a long to-do list on Trump's end and not a lot of campaign promises he's been able to cross off four months in. In fact, Paris is just one of just a few non-asterisk wins for the president so far. (And even that carries with it a small asterisk.) Let's take a look.

Trump and Republicans' wish list is long

1) They want to roll back the Affordable Care Act



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But: Republicans are trying to do this without Democratic votes, but divisions in their own party aren't much easier. And even if they manage to pass something through Congress, it won't be a full Obamacare repeal.

2) They want to reform the tax code for the first time in decades

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But: Republicans are trying to do this without Democrats, but see above.

3) They need to pass a budget to keep the federal government open by Oct. 1

But: Republicans will probably need Democrats' support to do this. And that could get tricky if Trump insists on funding for his border wall, which is a total non-starter for Democrats. (Democrats managed to keep border wall funding out of a spending bill Congress passed this spring.)

That showdown looks like it's coming. In an interview Friday with Fox News, Vice President Mike Pence said Trump will try to get money for his wall in the fall spending bill:"We're going to get the funding and we're going to build the wall."

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4) Raise the debt ceiling, which the Treasury Department wants done by August

But: Republicans probably need Democrats' support for this, too, and any number of things could be a trip wire for both sides.

What Trump & Congress have done is limited

1) They've put Judge Neil M. Gorsuch on the Supreme Court

But: Senate Republicans managed this only after blowing up the 60-vote filibuster for Supreme Court nominations.

2) They've repealed more than a dozen Affordable Care Act regulations

But: The obscure law they were using to do this over Democrats' heads has expired.

What Trump has done without Congress is also limited

1) He tried to temporarily ban travelers from several majority-Muslim countries

But: Federal courts have paused both his travel bans. Trump has just asked the Supreme Court to weigh in.

2) He tried to force sanctuary cities to hand over illegal immigrants when asked

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But: A federal judge said Trump's method of doing this isn't legal, and that's held up in the courts.

3) He ordered the federal government to revise ways to roll back President Barack Obama's greenhouse gas limits

But: This will be caught up in courts, too.

4) He got out of the TPP and said he'd renegotiate NAFTA

But: President Obama's landmark Pacific trade deal was already dead, and we only have the president's word to go on about NAFTA.

5) He got out of the world's premier international climate change treaty.

But: Depending on how much you take the president at his word, even this political victory for the president could come with a small asterisk. He said he'd be open to negotiating "a deal that's fair," the terms of which he has yet to outline.

By comparison, a lot has happened on The Russia front

1) The FBI confirmed to Congress that it is investigating whether the Trump campaign helped Russia meddle in the U.S. election.

2) The FBI's investigation isn't just looking at former Trump campaign aides; it's looking at Trump's son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner.

3) He fired his FBI director because of “this Russia thing” (he has yet to name a replacement).

4) The Justice Department appointed a special counsel to have wide latitude to investigate Russia and Trump.

5) The House and Senate intelligence committees are also conducting their own investigations of Trump and Russia.

6) The media continues to report on the Trump campaign's outreach to Russia as well as Trump's ethically and legally questionable attempts to push back on accusations that his campaign may have worked with Russia.

On top of all this, Trump is also one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history and inexperienced in politics. Which means that even if Republicans in Congress were free of family problems, Trump isn't in a position of strength to negotiate with them.