Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) stated in a Fox Information interview that aired Monday that his social gathering’s new agenda shall be “very aggressive beginning right out of the gate.”
“Special Report” anchor Bret Baier questioned Johnson a couple of report from The New York Occasions concerning the Home Speaker quickly having to take care of a miniscule headcount lead of his fellow Republicans within the decrease chamber.
“Look, we’re excited about this. We’ve demonstrated already that we can govern with a small majority,” Johnson responded. “And, I’m very confident that we can check the boxes and get this agenda done and [it’ll be] very aggressive beginning right out of the gate.”
Republicans are set to have a governing trifecta subsequent 12 months, gaining the White Home and Senate within the 2024 elections. Nonetheless, the Home is about to be virtually evenly divided between Democrats and the GOP originally of subsequent 12 months, with the GOP main by solely two seats, 217-215.
“There is a real esprit de corps among the Republicans in Congress right now. We have a new president, a new day in America. President Trump is coming into the White House with a big mandate,” Johnson stated in his Fox Information look. “And I think that extends to us as well.”
Amongst a few of the plans Republicans have stated they’ve for the subsequent Congress is a border safety invoice. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) stated Monday {that a} invoice of that sort ought to be “the first order of business in the Senate Budget Committee.”
“Stephen Miller was spot on when he said that the Senate and House should first pass a border security bill through the budget reconciliation process,” Graham stated in a publish on the social platform X, referring to President-elect Trump’s decide for his deputy chief of employees for coverage.
“While I support spending restrictions and tax cuts, my top priority – and the first order of business in the Senate Budget Committee – is to secure a broken border,” the incoming chief of the Price range Committee added. “The bill will be transformational, it will be paid for, and it will go first.”
