House Speaker Mike Johnson, left, and other House Republicans will be speaking with President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend after he summoned multiple groups for a series of meetings. (Getty/AP)
He is also due to meet with senior Republicans and House committee chairs, as well as GOP lawmakers from blue states.
It comes amid disagreements between Congressional Republicans on the path forward for the budget reconciliation process. The mechanism generally has allowed one party in control of the government to advance their own agenda through one massive bill.
More specifically, reconciliation lowers the Senate’s threshold for passage from 60 votes to just a simple majority, putting it on par with the House of Representatives.
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Reconciliation only allows for budgetary and other fiscal measures to be passed. However, both parties have traditionally tried to stretch those parameters to advance as much of their agendas as possible. GOP leaders have signaled they want to use reconciliation to deal with border security, energy policy, defense and to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.
However, there is broad disagreement on whether to split those goals in half. Proponents of the two-track approach believe that passing an initial bill on border and energy policies will allow Republicans to score an early victory there while taking more time on tax policy.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is one of the blue state Republicans meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
"I think the dialogue is important to have. At the end of the day, we need to deliver for the American people. And so while people feel differently on various issues, it’s important to have that dialogue to figure out how we can put this thing together," he said.
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Trump himself has not publicly declared the specifics of what he would want to pass via reconciliation. He has said he favors a one-bill approach, but would also be open to two.
Malliotakis and other Republicans on the tax-focused House Ways & Means Committee favor one bill.
However, a member of the House Freedom Caucus doubted that would happen.
"I think we’ll talk big-picture stuff as far as reconciliation. I’m of the mindset it’ll likely be two bills, not one. But I think that’ll happen organically, you don’t have to force it," they said.
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