President-elect Donald Trump has announced that members of Congress are working on “one powerful Bill” to advance his core MAGA policies.
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Why It Matters
The president-elect wants to consolidate his policy goals—including tax cuts, tariffs and border security—into one omnibus bill so it can be speedily approved by the House and Senate, which are both controlled by Republicans.
What To Know
On Sunday, Trump wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Republicans must “quickly deliver” his agenda on border security, energy production and tax cuts in a single piece of legislation.
Originally, House and Senate Republicans planned to pass most of the agenda across two bills. However, Speaker Mike Johnson has recently aligned himself more fully with Trump’s goal, saying Republicans intend to pass “one big, beautiful” bill within the first 100 days of Trump’s administration to show results early and maintain momentum.
Earlier on Sunday, Johnson reaffirmed the plan during an interview on Fox‘s Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo, saying the House was seeking early April for a vote.
Johnson argued that keeping everything in one bill, while a more laborious and time-consuming activity, would ultimately make it easier to pass as it would address “enough elements in there to pull everyone along.”
Members of Congress are getting to work on one powerful Bill that will bring our Country back, and make it greater than ever before. We must Secure our Border, Unleash American Energy, and Renew the Trump Tax Cuts, which were the largest in History, but we will make it even…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2025
What People Are Saying
Trump wrote on X: “Members of Congress are getting to work on one powerful Bill that will bring our Country back, and make it greater than ever before. We must Secure our Border, Unleash American Energy, and Renew the Trump Tax Cuts, which were the largest in History, but we will make it even better—NO TAX ON TIPS. IT WILL ALL BE MADE UP WITH TARIFFS, AND MUCH MORE, FROM COUNTRIES THAT HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE U.S. FOR YEARS. Republicans must unite, and quickly deliver these Historic Victories for the American People. Get smart, tough, and send the Bill to my desk to sign as soon as possible. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Representative Andy Harris, the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, told Fox News on Saturday: “There are a group of us who support breaking it up into two pieces. The first piece, a very small border piece where we give the president the money that he needs to secure our southern border and start deporting illegal, criminal aliens … The president needs some funds now, and that’s the quickest way to do it, and that’s the way, again, a group of us think we should do that—saving the large, big, beautiful bill till the summer because it will take time to iron out.”
Johnson told Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo: “We’re targeting a vote in the House maybe in the first week of April. Now, everything’s got to move in the right sequence, and along the way, I think we’re going to keep those trains moving in the right direction and on time. And if that happens, we’ll get it out of the House in early April, maybe as soon as April 3, and then move it over to the Senate. That would put that bill on the president’s desk for signature by the end of April.”
What Happens Next
The president-elect is scheduled to return to the White House on January 20. The House of Representatives must finalize the reconciliation bill so it can be advanced quickly once Trump takes office. Republicans, who have a razor-thin majority in the House, will likely need to navigate intraparty divisions and Democratic resistance to pass the bill.
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