In briefing with the influencers and the new media, the White House press secretary Caroline Levit indicated that one of the priorities of President Donald Trump is to pass reconciliation, and that the president is discussing the bill with Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson at the Oval Office on Monday.
“It is a huge deal. We have to accomplish it. It works closely with Congress. In fact, he meets with House Speaker Johnson, within a few minutes today, in the Oval Office, to discuss this law and the same measurement,” Levitte said.
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House of Representatives Hall in Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025, as Vice President JD Vance and Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson from Los Angeles.
Julia Demari Nikhson/Aug
She said they are “very confident” that the package “will include more funding to build border walls and collective deportation.”
Trump also wants to see “the tax cuts that were approved in this reconciliation package, which does not include any tax on advice, no tax on social security, no tax on additional work, and no tax on social security for the elderly.”
-abc news’ michelle storedart