Speaker Mike Johnson said House Republicans are aiming to announce an overarching framework on their party-line agenda on Friday morning. It would include a permanent extension of the 2017 tax cuts, according to two people who were in a meeting between House Republicans and President Donald Trump Thursday afternoon.
“We’re going to meet again tonight to finish up some final details. I think we’ll be able to make some announcements probably by tomorrow,” Johnson told reporters after the meeting. “The idea would be to get the Budget Committee working potentially as early as early next week, maybe Tuesday, for a mark-up of the budget resolution.”
Even hard-liners in the Trump meeting appeared generally onboard, though some differences remain. The bill would aim to address major GOP priorities on taxes, the border, energy, defense and more.
Johnson said his message to Republican senators, who are moving toward a vote on their own resolution next week, is that “we are moving as quickly and expeditiously as possible.” The Senate version would tackle border, energy and defense in a first bill, but push off taxes until later, and Republican senators are meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago Friday.
There is an intense push among House Republican leaders to release a framework of their plans before that meeting between Trump and GOP senators, according to three people familiar with the Thursday White House meeting who were granted anonymity to speak candidly.
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) said the same group of Republicans at the Trump meeting, which included leadership and various other House lawmakers heavily involved in the budget reconciliation process, would meet again later Thursday.
Mia McCarthy contributed to this report.
