The influential caucus said in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday that it supports passing a “fully offset” and “focused” border reconciliation package in January, and then moving “forward to a second, larger reconciliation bill covering taxes, spending, energy, bureaucracy, and more.”
“It is our understanding that President Trump’s closest advisors and experts on the border believe they must have immediate resources to begin to undo the damage caused by the Biden Administration, secure the border, and start removals and repatriations on day one,” they said.
The position comes as prominent Republicans have been colliding on how to advance Trump’s tax agenda after incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) recently offered a plan that would put off tax reform to first take action on border security and energy production.
Proponents of the two-step strategy say the move would allow Trump and Republicans to deliver early action on a key campaign issue in the first months of his presidency.
But some House Republicans have raised concerns about prioritizing border funding before tax reform and the difficulty of getting two packages out of Congress in the same year using budget reconciliation.
The Hill's Aris Folley has more here.
