Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Whatley said during an interview that if he doesn't support President Trump's legislative agenda, it could have an impact on Republican lawmakers.
“Well, I think Americans certainly hope Congress will work with the president to launch this agenda,” Whatley said during a Thursday appearance on News Nation's show The Hill. .
“So if there are people who aren't involved, will it have an impact? He told host Blake Berman. “But now, what we're totally hoping for is President Trump's agenda and moving forward. It's having a unified Republican caucus.”
House Republicans were with Vice President Vance on Thursday with Trump and Vice President Vance at a marathon meeting focusing on how to pass the Commander-in-Chief legislative agenda. The long meeting had to fold the first push to the first budget resolution after a pushback over spending cuts from some GOP lawmakers It was done later. Senate Republicans then said they would make their own moves to enact the agenda.
Johnson told reporters Thursday that the House is approaching a deal and that the meeting will bring some “very positive developments” and that could move forward as soon as next week.
“We took out the whiteboard and solved the framework. “I think we could probably make some announcements by tomorrow, and we're excited about it.”
Some of the items Trump is being addressed by the 2017 tax cuts, immigration and border funding extension.
“To mark up the budget committee potentially as soon as next week, perhaps Tuesday, for markup to resolve the budget, we'll unlock this process and move it,” Johnson said. I said.
Whatley, who asked Trump to remain as RNC chair last December, told Berman, “The details will be resolved by Congress and by the Senate.” And those conversations are taking place now. But understand, Americans have a sense of urgency. ”
“President Trump has a sense of urgency,” he said. “And it will be very important for everyone to meet that urgency and move forward for the Americans.”
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