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Administrator- Joined
- May 11, 2013
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- 24,882
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- Morganton, N.C.
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- conversations-ii.freeforums.net
(The Guardian) Number-two House Republican signals focus on taxes, border, role for Musk
Steve Scalise, the Republican House majority leader, said that if the party maintains its control of the chamber, their top priorities will be passing legislation to extend tax cuts implemented during Donald Trump’s first term, making good on his promise to crack down on migrants, and increasing oil and gas production.
Saying the Republicans would pass a bill using the budget reconciliation process, which would allow them to circumvent a filibuster by Senate Democrats, Scalise said: There are a lot of things you could put in that. We laid it out as a first 100-day agenda. And we would put things like renewing the Trump tax cuts, many of those which expired that we passed in 2017. We want to renew those cuts so that families don’t see a tax increase.
He also made clear that the House was ready to approve proposals by Trump to stop people from crossing into the United States from Mexico, as well as ways to increase America’s already high oil production: The ability to produce more energy in our country, it will lower costs for things like gasoline and food for families who are struggling. And it really takes leverage away from countries like Russia, like Iran, like Venezuela. So geopolitically has a lot of benefits, too.
Finally, Scalise signaled that Trump would indeed get billionaire Elon Musk involved in his administration somehow, saying: Let’s rightsize government. Elon Musk is going to be very involved in that.
