The House Freedom Caucus broke with Republican leadership on Thursday as it reiterated its preference for a two-step approach to passing President-elect Donald Trump‘s agenda through Congress.

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Republican Governance Group wants to live up to its name

The House Freedom Caucus unveiled the first step Thursday in a two-part plan to pass President-elect Donald Trump's program as Republicans aim to unite behind a strategy.

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House Freedom Caucus proposes fast course for Trump's agenda

The conservative House Freedom Caucus laid out their "phase one" proposal Thursday for legislation to carry out President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, calling for billions of dollars in spending cuts among other Republican wish list items.

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House conservative hardliners demand two-bill approach to Trump’s agenda, more than $540B in cuts

The House Freedom Caucus broke with Republican leadership on Thursday as it reiterated its preference for a two-step approach to passing President-elect Donald Trump‘s agenda through Congress. Members of the conservative caucus laid out their demands in a statement calling for an initial bill that would fund border security, reverse key Biden administration policies to cut spending, and increase the debt limit by approximately $4 trillion — leav…

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Freedom Caucus details spending cuts in push for ‘rapid adoption’ of Trump agenda

WASHINGTON—The House Freedom Caucus has called for a two-step approach to pass President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda through reconciliation, setting up a possible fight with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
Johnson has called for passing the GOP’s agenda through one big reconciliation bill as Trump prefers, though the president-elect said he would not mind if the job gets done through two reconciliation bills.
Reconciliation is a mechanism th…

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House Freedom Caucus Calls for 2-Step Reconciliation Plan

Rep. Young Kim and other House Republicans signal they won't support a tax bill without a 'SALT fix.' That's significant given the slim majority the GOP has in Congress.

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Trump seems open to increasing SALT cap, local GOP House member says after meeting

When Republican President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term this Monday, January 20, his party will have small majorities in both branches of Congress. Tax policy will be among Trump's legislative priorities, but according to The Hill's Alexander Bolton, getting Republicans in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to reach an agreement may be challenging in the weeks ahead.Bolton, in an article published on Friday, Januar…

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'Absolutely not': Tax proposals from House conservatives 'going over like lead balloons' for Senate GOP

Donald Trump, who returns to office as US president on Monday, has promised sweeping action on his first day in office. He himself said he has prepared about a hundred executive orders that he will be able to sign when he takes office.

Donald Trump, sem tekur aftur við embætti forseta Bandaríkjanna á mánudaginn, hefur heitið umfangsmiklum aðgerðum á sínum fyrsta degi í embætti. Sjálfur sagðist hann hafa undirbúið um hundrað forsetatilskipanir sem hann mun geta skrifað undir þegar hann tekur embætti.

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Congressional disputes could derail Trump's priorities

In a House GOP Conference that’s been marked by division and legislative paralysis for the past two years, the Republican Governance Group says it’s time to get stuff done and embrace compromise. While the firebrands in the Freedom Caucus draw the most attention, the governance group – whose 44 members span the ideological spectrum within the Republican Party – is seeking to play a key role in implementing President-elect Donald Trump’s legislat…

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With the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, the House Freedom Caucus’ conservative members could have a veto over the upcoming budget reconciliation package that aims to pass massive portions of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. The Freedom Caucus made its budget reconciliation priorities known Thursday, releasing a proposal that seeks to make the MAGA agenda happen while fitting it within the budget. In their two-pa…

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House Freedom Caucus Republicans Have a Plan to Make MAGA Affordable

Republican lawmakers are hammering out the best way to implement a massive conservative policy overhaul in the upcoming Trump administration. Congressional Republicans seek to use the budget […]

Freedom Caucus details spending cuts in push for ‘rapid adoption’ of Trump agenda

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