GOP senators to press Trump to take their side against House Republicans
Source: The Hill
02/07/25 6:00 AM ET
Republican senators say they want to convince President Trump to support their plan to take the lead on a budget reconciliation package when they meet with him at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.
Republican senators say getting Trump to pick a side in the standoff between Senate and House Republicans over which chamber should move first on the president’s legislative agenda is one of several topics they hope to discuss at a two-hour dinner reception scheduled for Friday evening.
“In the end it will take presidential leadership. It will take him twisting arms. He might have to twist them hard,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), referring to what many GOP senators see as Trump’s need to crack down on House Republicans who are holding up the process.
A Republican senator who will be at the meeting with Trump on Friday said it would be “helpful” if Trump urges House Republicans to back a Senate Republican plan to break up his legislative agenda into two packages and move quickly on a bill focused on border security, energy reform and defense.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5131694-republicans-trump-budget-reconciliation/
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