'One bill, two bills, I don't care': Trump promises to get large reconciliation bill passed either way

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President Donald Trump promised House Republicans they would unafraid the U.S. borderline done a reconciliation bundle astatine a House GOP issues league Monday astatine Trump National Doral, his play people and edifice adjacent Miami. 

Trump besides said Congress would fig retired whether his ample argumentation overhaul volition acceptable into 1 measure oregon 2 bills — an contented splitting Republicans successful the House and Senate. 

"In the coming weeks, I’m looking guardant to moving with Congress connected a reconciliation measure that financially takes attraction of our program to wholly and permanently reconstruct the sovereign borderline of the United States erstwhile and for all," Trump said. "This should see afloat backing for a grounds summation successful borderline information unit and retention bonuses for ICE and borderline patrol." 

TIM SCOTT EMPHASIZES ‘RESULTS’ OVER RECONCILIATION PROCESS AS HE STAYS OUT OF DEBATE

Trump besides vowed to enactment with members of Congress connected the "largest bundle of taxation cuts and reforms successful American history." 

Many of the reforms included successful the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Trump passed during his archetypal word are acceptable to expire successful 2025, and Trump's caller economical program calls for extending specified cuts. 

Meanwhile, Republicans stay divided astir however they volition determination to beforehand their legislative priorities. While Republicans successful the Senate are pushing for 2 bills nether the fund reconciliation process to velocity up enacting caller policies, Trump and Republicans successful the House historically person called for advancing 1 monolithic measure instead. 

However, Trump said Monday it doesn't substance whether the legislative subdivision pushes 1 oregon 2 bills.

"We don’t privation to get hung up connected the fund process … whether it’s 1 bill, 2 bills, I don’t care," Trump said. "They’re going to enactment it retired 1 mode oregon the other. But the bottommost line, the extremity result, is going to beryllium the same." 

Under the rules of the fund reconciliation process, transition lone requires a 51-seat elemental bulk alternatively than the accustomed 60 seats. Even so, the usage of the reconciliation process is sparse and indispensable not see thing that could beryllium considered "extraneous provisions." 

Trump met with House and Senate GOP leaders connected Tuesday, and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital aft the gathering that helium remained "agnostic astir the process" of employing 1 measure versus 2 bills. 

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"I deliberation for us, results are much important than process," Scott told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interview. 

"And if that requires america to person borderline security, taxation reform, deportation — immoderate we tin get into a bundle oregon aggregate packages — we person to nutrient results for the people," helium said. 

Fox News’ Elizabeth Elkind and Julia Johnson contributed to this report. 

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