Trump's push for quick passage of 'one powerful bill' meets realities on Capitol Hill

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Source: CNN

Trump’s push for quick passage of ‘one powerful bill’ meets realities on Capitol Hill

Manu Raju and Sarah Ferris, CNN
Mon, January 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM EST·6 min read

President-elect Donald Trump wants to put his entire agenda into a single, massive bill – and he wants it done “quickly.”

But he will soon meet the realities of Capitol Hill, even under single-party Republican rule.

Republicans are publicly and privately acknowledging the enormous task ahead in tying together a sprawling package that includes new immigration laws, energy policies and a complex tax overhaul – along with an increase of the national debt limit and spending cuts to federal programs.

Plus, they’ll have to maintain near total unanimity in a narrowly divided Congress, especially in the unruly House where Republicans are already expressing competing views on what the policy should entail.

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