Republican Divisions Emerge as Trump Sets Legislative Agenda
GOP leaders face challenges in unifying strategies for Trump's agenda, debating two-bill versus one-bill approaches for tax cuts and border security.
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Overview
As Congressional Republicans prepare for President-elect Trump's sweeping agenda, internal divisions arise between House Speaker Mike Johnson's one-bill strategy and Senate Majority Leader John Thune's preference for two separate bills. With looming tax cut expirations and a narrow House majority, the party is strategizing around budget reconciliation processes to advance GOP priorities, including border security and the debt ceiling, while managing internal dissent and expectations from Trump's leadership.
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