President-elect Donald Trump appears ready to let Senate and House Republicans settle their differences over budget reconciliation strategy without putting his thumb on the scales for either the all-in-one measure brewing in the House or the Senate’s bifurcated approach.
Trump met with Senate Republicans on Wednesday night after paying his respects to the late President Jimmy Carter, who was lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda after his death at the age of 100 late last month. He told reporters after the GOP gathering that both plans have their merits, although he’s repeatedly voiced a preference for the House plan.
“It was a really good meeting, very strong, and we’ll get something done. One bill, two bills, it doesn’t matter,” Trump said. “They’re going to work that out and the end result is going to be the same.”
