House Freedom Caucus Drops 60-Day America First Agenda on Johnson and Thune

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With just 20 scheduled legislative days remaining in the House and 22 in the Senate before the new Congress takes office on January 3, 2027, the House Freedom Caucus has delivered an explosive, last-minute America First agenda to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

On Monday, members of the House Freedom Caucus released an ambitious legislative roadmap demanding that Republicans use their final weeks in power to deliver on President Donald Trump’s priorities before Democrats take control on January 3, 2027.

The agenda includes mandatory voter identification in federal elections, sweeping border security legislation, a crackdown on sanctuary cities, congressional term limits, a ban on government officials trading stocks, major energy reforms, and at least $1 trillion in federal spending reductions.

The conservative lawmakers are also demanding that the Senate confirm as many Trump nominees as possible before Republicans surrender their majority.

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Let’s hold the line and finish the work. In no particular order, we should take action to:

1. Pass a reconciliation package to deal with debt, spending, and tax relief:

Fund Defense Modernization (missiles, boats, drones, space, etc.) to stop Democrats from using it to leverage for expansion of the welfare state;

Provide significant tax relief for families – particularly for healthcare: Expansion of HSA’s in terms of both savings amount and use to drive down the price of healthcare for families, and codification of Short-Term Limited Duration Plans;

Provide at least $1 trillion in spending reductions that will more than pay for all these items and result in deficit reduction.

2. Codify the President’s border security policies and ban sanctuary cities – we passed H.R. 9773 and H.R. 7640 out of Judiciary, and they are ready for action on the House floor.

3. Limit annual spending to current levels (for 3rd consecutive year) via a CR or Appropriations without policy riders that divide us or constrain the Administration’s ability to eliminate wasteful, fraudulent, and abusive government spending. Oppose a year-end omnibus filled with poison pills.

4. Pass a robust permitting bill to expand American energy dominance and drive down the price of fuel and electricity for families.

5. Reform Congress by:

Passing a ban on stock trading for Congress as well as the Executive and Judicial Branches, including the President and his family;

Passing Term Limits – we should ignore any outside groups, and pass the number of terms we can all agree to.

6. Only reauthorize programs set to expire (e.g., Farm Bill, Surface Transportation) if they are fiscally responsible and reduce the prices of food and consumer goods, like vehicles, while protecting the privacy rights of Americans by ending surveillance technology mandates or funding. These bills should not include any policy riders that undo or delay deficit reduction provisions secured during this Congress.

7. Pass legislation requiring voter ID in federal elections.

8. Confirm as many Presidential nominees as possible in the Senate.

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