Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson sets a target of delivering a single reconciliation bill to President-elect Donald Trump by May, aligning with Trump's agenda.
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana has set a target of handing President-elect Donald Trump 'one big, beautiful' reconciliation bill by May, which would fall within the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. Newsweek reached out to the Trump transition team for comment. Trump has made it clear that he believes the best way forward is to wrangle all budgetary concerns into a single reconciliation bill .
After Johnson managed to win back the speakership on the first round of voting – thanks to Trump's assistance and backing – the president-elect said he wanted 'one big, beautiful bill' to handle reconciliation. This marks a significant shift in posture from Johnson, who had worked with Democrats and agreed on a bipartisan spending bill before Trump and Elon Musk stepped in to block it and pushed for a whittled down bill. Now, it appears that Johnson has more fully aligned himself with Trump's agenda. Johnson appeared on Fox Business' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo and not only reiterated his plan to seek a single reconciliation bill as Trump has directed, but to do so within the first 100 days of the new administration. 'In fact, we're targeting a vote in the House,' Johnson said. 'It may be in the first week of April. Now, everything's got to move in the right sequence, and along the way, I think we're going to keep those trains moving in the right direction and on time.' And if that happens, we'll get it, we'll get it out of the house in early April, maybe as soon as April 3, and then move it over to the Senate,' he added. 'That would put that bill on the President's desk for signature by the end of April. That would be fantasti
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