Former President Donald Trump is also making the rounds with GOP lawmakers in Washington this week as he meets with the Business Roundtable lobbying group.
as the GOP faces an uphill battle to maintain its slim majority next year while Trump also eyes a return to the White House. The meeting, two months after another trip to Florida by Johnson, also underscores his budding relationship with Trump, who helped stave off a threat to his speakership.
The planned visit comes as Trump prepares to make the rounds with GOP lawmakers in Washington, D.C., this week, timed to a meeting with the Business Roundtable lobbying group. Trump will meet with Republican senators on Thursday afternoon to discuss plans for the summer as well as a 2025 agenda, sources confirmed to theThe former president is also expected to meet with House Republicans during a conference-wide meeting earlier that morning, another source confirmed.
Johnson is expected to huddle separately with Senate Republicans on the party’s 2025 agenda. He will attend a Wednesday lunch with the Senate GOP conference, according to a source familiar with the matter. The effort to get on the same page ahead of November also comes as several House Republicans are involved in competitive primary elections that have largely divided their conference. Some members, such as Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good , have faced pushback from GOP colleagues who have endorsed his primary challenger to oust him from Congress.to advance a bill that would allow current and former presidents to elevate state-level charges against them to federal court.
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