Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump is the coach calling plays. But what if coach changes his mind?

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach calling plays on their legislative priorities as Republicans take power in Washington. “We are excited about how all of that is rolling out.” Budget reconciliation carries high risk, but potentially high reward Republicans are relying on perhaps the most complicated legislative tool at their disposal, the budget reconciliation process, as the vehicle to advance Trump’s priorities. trying to cut a deal,” Aguilar said, and are focused on “how they provide tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires and how they cut programs that hurt people.” Republicans want to all get on the same page Trump, who has been holding meetings at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, scheduled the session with Republican senators while he was in Washington for funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the second-ranking Republican, said the meeting will help determine “how we all get on the same page with the House.” Many GOP senators preferred the strategy proposed by Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., that would break the Trump priorities into two bills.