Newly re-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson reveals how he wants Congress to address the reconciliation fiasco and vows to advance President-elect Donald Trump's agenda. I am doing it.
“At the end of the day, President Trump would prefer, as he likes to say, one big, beautiful bill,” Johnson told “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo. ” he admitted.
He went on to add that he has been speaking extensively with the president-elect over the past several months to determine the “pros and cons of two different strategies”: a reconciliation bill or a “slim reconciliation bill.”
“There are a lot of benefits to that. [one reconciliation bill] Because there are so many factors that we can bring them together and one big yes or no vote can literally save the country,” Johnson said.
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“It's going to take some more time to negotiate it and get it right,” he continued.
Prime Minister Johnson said a single reconciliation bill would have “many elements” and would address many of the concerns Americans expressed during the election, including border and economic security.
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Johnson said Republicans would “encourage” American companies to manufacture in the United States, dismantle the “regulatory burden” and bureaucracy that “shrouds” the free market, root out the “deep state,” and strengthen the U.S. He explained that he wants to regain control over the energy of the world.
“So there's a lot of moving issues, a lot of things to negotiate, a lot of opinions on all of that. So we worked for long hours on whiteboards to make sure all Republicans were in agreement. I intend to do so,” he said.
He said he will work in his first 100 days with “the smallest margin in American history,” but is confident the Republican Party will serve the American people.
Asked about the timeline for a reconciliation bill, Johnson said if everything goes in the “right order” it could be on Trump's desk by May or as early as April 3. said.
“We made a lot of promises in the election, as did President Trump, and reconciliation is the way to accomplish that,” he explained.
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