{"id":2388703,"date":"2025-01-10T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-weighs-horse-race-with-the-house-to-pass-trumps-agenda-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T07:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T12:31:01","slug":"senate-weighs-horse-race-with-the-house-to-pass-trumps-agenda-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-weighs-horse-race-with-the-house-to-pass-trumps-agenda-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate weighs \u2018horse race\u2019 with the House to pass Trump\u2019s agenda &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-weighs-horse-race-with-the-house-to-pass-trumps-agenda-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388703&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> a growing schism within the Republican Party regarding the legislative strategy for advancing President Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2063agenda.while House Speaker\u2064 Mike Johnson\u200b advocates for a complete approach to pass all priorities\u2063 in\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-president-falsely-claims-crt-critics-want-to-ban-schools-from-teaching-history-discussing-racism\/\" title=\"Teachers Union President Falsely Claims CRT Critics Want To Ban Schools From \u2018Teaching History,\u2019 \u2018Discussing Racism\u2019\">single bill<\/a>, Senate \u200bRepublicans prefer a\u200c two-bill strategy. this would entail a swift approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remind-him-of-the-crisis-he-created-house-gop-unites-to-send-biden-message-during-sotu\/\" title=\"House GOP Unites to Remind Biden of Crisis He Created\">border-related legislation<\/a>,followed by a later renewal of Trump\u2019s 2017 tax cuts.Senate \u200cleaders believe that\u200d the one-bill approach might potentially be too complex and prone to \u200bstall in negotiations, prompting them to prepare alternative legislation that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">combines\u200b defense\u2063 spending<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-kennedy-bidens-energy-agenda-going-to-gut-my-state-hurt-america-will-destroy-our-energy-independence\/\" title=\"Senator Kennedy: Biden\u2019s Energy Agenda Going To \u2018Gut\u2019 My State, \u2018Hurt America.\u2019 Will \u2018Destroy Our Energy Independence.\u2019\">issues related<\/a> to energy and border security. \u2062Trump&#8217;s support for \u2064either\u200c strategy adds to the tension, as he has \u200bshown willingness to adapt based on discussions with Senate Republicans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span 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data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate weighs &lsquo;horse race&rsquo; with the House to pass Trump&rsquo;s agenda<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1931296\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A congressional dispute over President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> agenda could be devolving into a &ldquo;horse race&rdquo; as Senate Republicans refuse to follow a House plan to pass everything in &ldquo;one big, beautiful bill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Senate Republicans are settling on a two-bill path for now, with a quick victory on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">border<\/a> and then renewal of Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tax-cuts-and-jobs-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2017 tax cuts<\/a> later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>The approach flies in the face of Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) desire to combine the priorities, a decision guided by his narrow House majority. The one-bill approach also has the support of Trump, though he expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3281092\/trump-downplays-strategy-fight-huddle-senate-republicans-unity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">openness to either strategy<\/a> in a meeting with Senate&nbsp;Republicans on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans predict a single bill is too unwieldy to negotiate and will stall out in the coming months. When that time comes, the reasoning goes, they want their legislation, which pairs defense spending with provisions on energy and the border, ready to go as a &ldquo;fallback.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think in the Senate, we&rsquo;re going to move ahead with the plans that we think would meet the goals that we have,&rdquo; said Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), a deputy whip on Sen. John Thune&rsquo;s (R-SD) leadership team.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our committees have been working a long time on this already with the idea that if we do have the trifecta, we&rsquo;d be able to move on it, and that&rsquo;s what the Senate&rsquo;s gonna do,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The House&rsquo;s view is that border and energy are two deal sweeteners that need to be bundled with tax reform for there to be a chance of uniting Johnson&rsquo;s conference.<\/p>\n<p>There is not consensus on a so-called &ldquo;dual track&rdquo; approach, with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) warning his Senate colleagues that walking out of step with the House is a &ldquo;recipe for failure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He is personally &ldquo;agnostic&rdquo; on one bill versus two&nbsp;but noted that coordination is necessary to get a budget resolution passed through both chambers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We both have to agree, and the more we talk about one bill or two bills, I think we&rsquo;re wasting our time,&rdquo; Cornyn said.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the dominant view within the Senate GOP conference is that committees can operate as though a border bill will move first and change course if House negotiations are promising.<\/p>\n<p>Some members even believe the Senate should send the legislation to the House once it&rsquo;s complete, though Thune <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jordainc\/status\/1877475978244469002\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em> no decision has been made on whether to hold a floor vote.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the No. 4 Republican in Senate leadership, rejected the idea that her colleagues were preparing to &ldquo;jam&rdquo; the House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t say we&rsquo;re going to move forward right now. That&rsquo;s not the plan,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re getting our ducks in a row, I&rsquo;ll put it that way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But the inability to resolve a standoff over what effectively amounts to a process matter foreshadows the difficult time Republicans will have getting Trump&rsquo;s agenda through Congress.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President-elect Donald Trump, flanked by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), left, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senators lobbied Trump on the two-bill approach at Wednesday&rsquo;s meeting on Capitol Hill, but he reiterated his preference for one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At one point, senators discussed the idea of proceeding with a single bill but resorting to two if lawmakers reach an impasse. But Senate Republicans now seem more determined than ever to demonstrate the advantage of speed in pursuing a two-bill approach.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ll be doing it, they&rsquo;ll be working on it, and then as they come together, we&rsquo;ll see who&rsquo;s ahead in the process,&rdquo; said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD).<\/p>\n<p><em>Ramsey Touchberry contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1931296\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1931296\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate considers a two-bill strategy for Trump&#8217;s agenda, diverging from the House&#8217;s single bill plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2388704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25009043182377-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3653,4762,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2388703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-house","tag-legislation","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25009043182377-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388703"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388707,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388703\/revisions\/2388707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}