Thursday, January 26, 2017

GOP Leaders: We’re on ‘Same Page’ as Trump

PHILADELPHIA -- Just hours ahead of their meeting with President Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan insisted that the new president and his Republican conference are "on the same page" on policy and priorities.

"We are on the same page with the administration and we actually worked with the administration on the timetable and legislative agenda we have with 2017," Ryan told reporters here at the annual Republican retreat.

Ryan's assurance of unity comes as Republicans gather for their annual retreat, focused on legislation and hearing more details about how to move their aggressive agenda of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act passing and tax reform. But Trump has caught Republican members of Congress off-guard in some instances, forcing them to react to Trump's new executive orders or obsessions over his popularity, including inaugural crowd size and the debunked claim that three to five million people voted illegally in last fall's election. 

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Source: NBC News 

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