House Republicans in 2025: Ambitious Agenda, Slim Majority

Congressional Republican leaders spent the post-election period before Christmas strategizing how to push Donald Trump’s immigration, tax-, energy-, and defense-related agenda items across the finish line this year.

But even though Republicans enter 2025 with a trifecta in Washington, the narrow nature of this year’s House GOP majority means that following through on at least some of the president-elect’s ambitious agenda items will be difficult.

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Audrey Fahlberg

Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

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Congressional Republican leaders spent the post-election period before Christmas strategizing how to push Donald Trump’s immigration, tax-, energy-, and defense-related agenda items across the finish line this year.

But even though Republicans enter 2025 with a trifecta in Washington, the narrow nature of this year’s House GOP majority means that following through on at least some of the president-elect’s ambitious agenda items will be difficult.