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(WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson led a cross-section of House Republicans for a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Wednesday, where they\u2019re huddling with President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0to chew over their strategy to advance the president\u2019s ambitious agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is part of the process\u2026the America First Agenda. We look forward to furthering that discussion. So, it\u2019s going to be a good meeting,\u201d Johnson, R-La., said before emphasizing the leadership is \u201cworking on a one-bill strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just elected House GOP leadership attending the meeting, as both conservatives and moderates are expected to join the discussion. Asked about the meeting\u2019s goal, Johnson told reporters that the objective is \u201cto move the ball forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we will,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re at a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans must pass a budget resolution to unlock a complex process to enact sweeping reforms to taxes, energy, border security and more. But Johnson currently has just a one-vote cushion to pass legislation through the lower chamber, so Republican leaders are cognizant that even a pair of dissenting Republicans could doom their collective efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve got to work very meticulously with our members to first make sure we have the votes to get a budget passed,\u201d House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Wednesday. \u201cWe can’t have 22 [Republicans] opposing. We can’t have four opposing. And so we’re working through a lot more detail now on what reconciliation would look like on the front end before we actually get the budget passed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leaving the Capitol Wednesday morning, Scalise boasted that he\u2019s \u201cvery confident\u201d Republicans will reach consensus on a budget plan — though he admitted that the meeting today is a \u201ccritical step\u201d in the process.<\/p>\n

Scalise also raised concerns about the Senate\u2019s evolving approach, which could punt tax reform to a second attempt to overhaul the budget late this year. The No. 2 House Republican explained that delaying tax reform in 2017 undercut the anticipated economic growth at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou didn’t really get the bounce because it took so long to get the second bill done,\u201d Scalise said. \u201cThe President remembers that. You know, it’s one of the reasons we lost the majority. And so do you want to repeat that history, or do you want to do it earlier? You get the benefits earlier, and increase the likelihood that you actually get tax [reform], because the question of whether or not you can even pass a second bill is a real, real, serious concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,\u00a0told senators<\/a>\u00a0during a closed-door lunch on Wednesday that the Senate will take the reins and begin work to advance its own package next week.<\/p>\n

Senate Republicans\u00a0plan to discuss<\/a>\u00a0their two-bill approach with Trump at Mar-A-Lago on Friday.<\/p>\n

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