WASHINGTON—The House Freedom Caucus has called for a two-step approach to pass President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda through reconciliation, setting up a possible fight with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
Johnson has called for passing the GOP’s agenda through one big reconciliation bill as Trump prefers, though the president-elect said he would not mind if the job gets done through two reconciliation bills.
Reconciliation is a mechanism that allows legislation related to taxing, spending, and the national debt to pass through Congress while avoiding the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate that must be cleared in advancing most bills….