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Thune says Trump’s border plan is 1st up in rigorous precedence checklist for brand new Congress: ‘Actual work begins’

Editorial Board Published November 14, 2024
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Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., is planning to make ushering in President-Elect Donald Trump’s immigration agenda the primary merchandise on his to-do checklist when he succeeds Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., within the new Congress, when Republicans may have a majority in each the higher chamber and the Home. 

“Now the real work begins delivering on our agenda,” he mentioned in a flooring speech on Thursday. “That starts with ending the Biden-Harris border crisis and deporting illegal immigrants.”

He mentioned repairing the financial system can also be close to the highest of his checklist. As essential parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 handed by Trump are set to run out in 2025, Thune mentioned Republicans will take motion by means of the finances reconciliation course of to resume them. 

MATT GAETZ FACES GOP SENATE OPPOSITION AFTER TRUMP SELECTION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

President-elect Donald Trump, left, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. (Left: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures; Proper: Nathan Posner/Anadolu through Getty Pictures)

The finances reconciliation course of would permit Republicans to keep away from Democrats blocking motion on the financial system, as a result of it can’t be filibustered or delayed as payments will be. The 53-member incoming Republican majority would have the ability to push the merchandise by means of with out points. 

The South Dakota Republican additional highlighted the numerous communication and procedural modifications that his management will usher in, which have been a frequent level of criticism by senators beneath McConnell’s reign. 

In line with Thune, his workplace can be “a resource, not a roadblock” for his convention members. 

THUNE WINS SECRET BALLOT TO BECOME NEW SENATE GOP LEADER, SUCCEEDING MCCONNELL

Outgoing Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for the Senate Republican management elections on the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)

In a notable win for a lot of outspoken conservative hard-line senators, he confused his “commitment to amendments.” 

“[A]ll members of the Senate, and not just the members of a particular committee, should have a voice in final legislation through amendments on the floor. Members should assume that amendment votes will be the norm,” he mentioned. 

RICK SCOTT KNOCKED OUT OF SENATE LEADER RACE ON FIRST BALLOT AS THUNE AND CORNYN ADVANCE

Senator Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, throughout a Senate Homeland Safety and Governmental Affairs Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint listening to in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)

The Senate has operated in latest historical past by typically utilizing modification bushes, that are full of pre-determined amendments supplied by the bulk chief. This prevented particular person senators from providing their very own amendments on the ground.

In one other achievement for vocal GOP critics of each McConnell and the present Congress, Thune made clear, “Members should also expect a return to regular order in the Senate next year.” This, he mentioned, consists of the appropriations course of, “so that we don’t constantly wind up with an end of the year pileup and problematic continuing resolutions.”

TED CRUZ GETS BEHIND RICK SCOTT FOR LEADER, IN BLOW TO FELLOW TEXAN JOHN CORNYN

Home Speaker Mike Johnson shakes fingers with President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a Home Republicans Convention assembly on the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)

The Congress is notably on monitor for one more potential stopgap spending invoice forward of Christmas when the deadline for the final persevering with decision expires. 

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The minority whip added that confirming Trump’s nominees may even be excessive on his to-do checklist “and members should expect an aggressive schedule until those nominees are confirmed.”

Additional, he foreshadowed open strains of communication with each Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Trump as a way to ship on these priorities with the brand new federal GOP trifecta. 

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