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    Trump will meet GOP leaders in D.C.

    By Raquel Martin,

    2024-06-12

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    WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Donald Trump is returning to Capitol Hill Thursday to meet with both House and Senate Republicans.

    The visit marks Trump’s first return since the January 6 th Capitol riot.

    House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) says lawmakers are “anxious” to exchange ideas with the presumptive Republican nominee for president.

    Republicans say they feel confident they can win the House, Senate and White House this November.

    “Change is coming…November cannot get here soon enough,” said Johnson.

    Johnson says Republicans are prepared to advance a series of bills and executive orders within the first hundred days to reverse President Joe Biden’s policies.

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who endured a public spat with Trump, says he will attend Thursday’s Senate meeting with Trump.

    Casey Burgat, the Legislative Affairs Program Director at George Washington, says he expects Trump will quickly sign executive orders reversing Biden-era policies on immigration, energy, oil and trade deals.

    Burgat says it remains unclear how effective a Republican Congress will be.

    “It’s one thing to agree on a bumper sticker, but to actually agree on all the details that are required to do big legislative overhauls that’s a very different calculation,” says Burgat.

    Congressional Democrats are brushing off Trump’s visit.

    Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) said the visit is, “just another example of House Republicans bending the knee to Donald Trump.”

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