As Trump takes office, Republicans face a high-stakes clash over his legislative agenda
Donald Trump will take the oath of office in the midst of a growing feud among congressional Republicans over how to deliver on his policy agenda.
WASHINGTON — With his political standing at an all-time high, President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office Monday amid a growing feud among congressional Republicans over how to deliver on his policy agenda.
GOP leaders on Capitol Hill say they will advance Trump’s sweeping plans for immigration, domestic energy and the tax code on party lines. That means squeezing them through the party's wafer-thin House majority and complying with the arcane Senate budget process, in which cutting out Democrats and bypassing filibusters will require limiting the policies to spending and taxes.
“Very soon we’ll begin the largest deportation operation in American history,” Trump said Sunday at a victory rally in Washington, where he alluded to the GOP's narrow House majority. “And we’re going to end the Biden war on energy.”
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While Trump promised to begin issuing a flurry of executive orders on Day One, they will be constrained by the law and the courts. Making good on many of his promises will depend on action from Congress.
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