Thune Promises Ambitious Reconciliation Timeline

“Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that he wants to pass a reconciliation package within the first 30 days of Donald Trump taking office,” Punchbowl News reports.

“Thune told GOP senators at a closed-door policy retreat that the measure, which he described as ‘highly impactful,’ would include non-tax policy items like border security, defense and energy.”

“This is a highly ambitious timeline, and it will be difficult to convince the Senate parliamentarian that all of these provisions would fall under the reconciliation rules. Republicans have expressed confidence about satisfying the parliamentarian, arguing Democrats expanded the scope of reconciliation in the last Congress.”

“This timeline would give Republicans additional time to do a separate reconciliation package centered on the Trump tax cuts, which will expire at the end of 2025 absent congressional action.”

Semafor: Republicans map out ambitious — and challenging — 2025 agenda.