House and Senate Republicans Rally Behind 2-Step Legislative Strategy to Deliver Trump’s Agenda

A growing GOP coalition supports a two-track reconciliation process to secure border funding and extend Trump-era tax cuts.

The U.S. Capitol on Dec. 11, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A growing coalition of House and Senate Republicans has united around a two-step legislative strategy aimed at advancing President-elect Donald Trump’s border security and tax policy agenda in the new Congress.

In a letter to incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), a group of 29 GOP lawmakers outlined a two-step reconciliation process aimed at delivering swift passage of border security and tax policy to accomplish Trump’s campaign promises.