<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWanaume hao wawili walionekana juu ya mazingira yaliyobadilika ambayo yalitokana na muongo mmoja wa kuomba kwa sehemu ya dola za umma zinazopungua zilizotolewa na Congress isiyo na hisia-mwenzi inayoongozwa na GOP.  <response>: The two men emerged atop a changed landscape that resulted from a decade of begging for a share of shrinking public dollars doled out by an unsympathetic GOP-controlled Congress. 