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Some of the most influential conservatives in Congress are throwing their weight behind a two-step approach to enacting President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s agenda early next Congress.<\/p>\n

In a letter Wednesday<\/a> led by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-Md.), the influential bloc of Republicans voiced support for an initial effort aimed at border security policies and a second bill that would extend the Trump administration tax cuts while \u201cincluding necessary spending reforms and cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe it is critical that we prioritize the prompt passage of a border security focused reconciliation bill,\u201d the conservatives wrote. \u201cMindful that our slim majority in the House and the filibuster in the Senate means that success is far from guaranteed, we believe that a two-step reconciliation process gives us the best chance of securing passage of this transformational border security legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n

As they think of how to pay for the second measure, the Republicans said they\u2019d prioritize \u201crepealing the green tax credits\u201d within the Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> and \u201cthe estimated $2.5 trillion worth of cuts that the Department of Government Efficiency will identify as necessary to restore the fiscal health of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

This group of conservatives will have enormous influence in a House expected to temporarily have just a 217-215 effective GOP majority, meaning the party cannot afford a single defection on major legislation with full attendance. Senate Republicans can only afford three party defections on major bills.<\/p>\n

Still, the two-step approach has its prominent detractors, notably House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.). However, conservatives may take some solace from the fact that incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated recently that \u201cfailure is not an option\u201d<\/a> on tax policy.<\/p>\n

Trump himself has yet to publicly weigh in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of the most influential conservatives in Congress are throwing their weight behind a two-step approach to enacting President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s agenda early next Congress. In a letter Wednesday led by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-Md.), the influential bloc of Republicans voiced support for an initial effort aimed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}