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The Conversation with Dasha Burns

Trump and the GOP Congress’s fork in the road I Rep. Lisa McClain

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

POLITICO

News, Government, Politics

4.01.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

House Republicans are facing tough choices on reconciliation, party unity, and whether or not to look the other way when President Trump steps on their authority. In this episode, House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain gives the scoop on House leadership's hours-long meeting with the president on Thursday, and why she thinks that the House GOP is about to have a major breakthrough. Rachael Bade is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO. Lisa McClain is the Chair of the House Republican Conference Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.  Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Donald Trump is very unconventional.

0:31.8

It's going to take some out-of-the-box thinking, some unconventional thoughts, some

0:37.2

unconventional ideas to get us out of this mess.

0:45.5

A Fork in the Road.

0:48.1

That was the headline on Donald Trump's buyout offer to federal employees.

0:52.2

And it's a good description of where House Republicans find

0:54.7

themselves today as time runs out on their plans to pass one big, beautiful reconciliation bill.

1:01.1

Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team spent most of Thursday huddled in the White House.

1:05.2

They were trying to get President Trump to strike a deal between conservatives and moderates

1:09.3

that could make everyone in the room happy,

1:11.9

all while still clearing the House's two-vote threshold.

1:15.8

One of the key players in the room was House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McLean, the newest

1:20.3

member of House leadership.

1:22.2

Her role defining the conference's message in selling it to the public has gotten a little

1:26.1

tricky lately.

1:27.4

How do you speak with authority when Donald Trump and Elon Musk are publicly defying Congress

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