President-elect Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson’s declarations that Congress will pass just one reconciliation bill means the House GOP has notched a rare strategy win.
Trump endorsed the one-bill strategy in a post Sunday night, saying Republicans must “Secure our Border, Unleash American Energy, and Renew the Trump Tax Cuts.” The president-elect also called for his “no tax on tips” pitch to be in the bill. Trump said the cost of these policies will “all be made up with tariffs.” So the reconciliation strategy debate appears settled.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and aides in the incoming Trump administration were pushing for two reconciliation bills — an initial package that would address border and energy policy and a later item that would extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
