WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said that he’s indifferent to the number of reconciliation bills required to pass his agenda, which has emerged as a key question for Republicans in Congress ahead of his inauguration.
Trump visited the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 8 to meet with Senate Republican leaders and, along with incoming First Lady Melania Trump, pay his respects to the late President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr., who is lying in state in the Capitol’s rotunda and whose state funeral service will be attended by Trump along with all former U.S. presidents on Jan. 9.
Following the meeting, Trump spoke with reporters—flanked by Vice President-elect JD Vance and Senate GOP leaders—and addressed reconciliation following a question from The Epoch Times....
