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The Republican Recap: Week of April 7, 2025
Washington,
April 10, 2025
Here’s a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House Floor this week:
Outlining One Big, Beautiful Bill to Pass President Trump’s Agenda and Deliver for Americans ✅ In the reconciliation process, there are two main steps: 1) passing the budget resolution that unlocks the committees' ability to develop legislation that meets certain objectives, and 2) implementing reconciliation legislation. The budget resolution acts as a blueprint that lays the foundation for the reconciliation bill. Last week, the Senate passed their amendment to the House budget resolution and adopting that amendment allows House Republicans to finally begin the most important phase of the reconciliation process: drafting the reconciliation bill that will deliver on President Trump’s America First agenda and the promises House Republicans made to the American people. The Senate amendment makes no changes to the House approach and in no way precludes House Republicans from achieving our goals: keeping taxes low for American families and job creators, reestablishing American energy dominance, securing the southern border, restoring peace through strength, and securing historic spending reductions while protecting essential programs. To secure final passage in the House, the reconciliation bill must include these core components. House Republicans passed the Senate amendment to our budget resolution to pave the way for passage of historic legislation that delivers on President Trump’s America First agenda. Senate Amendment to H. Con. Res. 14, introduced by House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, establishes a congressional budget for the U.S. Government that delivers for Americans by cutting waste and government spending, reducing burdensome regulations, providing tax cuts that support families and small businesses, supporting domestic energy production and security, and securing the border. “The fiscal state of the nation is in rapid decline. Our out-of-control deficit spending and unsustainable debt are the greatest threat to our country and our children’s future. No responsible leader can witness this precipitous decline and defend the status quo. President Trump’s America First agenda is not just tax cuts, border and defense funding, deregulation and unleashing American energy production, but it’s also – and the most necessary of these – reining in the runaway spending that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate have committed to reduce spending by at least $1.5 trillion. Consistent with the House-passed budget resolution and President Trump’s call to put our nation on a path to balance, we received assurances from the Speaker that the House will not consider a final reconciliation bill that adds to the national debt,” said Chairman Jodey Arrington. “Now, more than ever, is the time for Republicans in Congress to demonstrate the courage of their convictions and take the bold action this historic moment requires. If we do, we will secure the blessings of liberty to our posterity. If we don’t, we will squander this historic moment, foreclose on our children’s future, and be the first generation of leaders to leave our nation worse off than we found it.” What Members Said: “The American people gave Congress a clear mandate to lower costs, reduce burdensome regulations and unlock American resources. Passing the resolution before us will allow committees to thoughtfully craft and debate legislation to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, averting a $4 to $5 trillion tax increase on the American people, to use our resources to generate more revenue, and to cut wasteful spending. The resolution in itself is not the solution, but it unleashes committees to put pen to paper and craft reconciliation legislation that fully delivers on the promises the President and House Republicans have made to the American people,” said Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman. “This resolution starts the process, the process to do something worthy to be remembered in our day and generation, a process to keep taxes low for working Americans, to unlock the full potential of our natural resources, and to deliver on Speaker Johnson's directive to have the bill on the President's desk by Memorial Day.”
Majority Leader Steve Scalise emphasized that passing this budget resolution unlocks President Trump's full agenda, including extending the tax cuts for hardworking families and small businesses, increased border security funding, and historic savings, while Democrats are fighting for families to pay more in taxes and continue government waste.
 Rep. Barry Moore noted that passing this budget resolution shows that Republicans are united and ready to enact President Trump's America First agenda.  Putting the Will of the American People Before Judicial Activism ✅ Week after week, the American people are seeing federal judges issue nationwide injunctions that block President Trump from implementing the America First policy agenda he was elected for, preventing him from exercising his constitutional powers. Recently, after President Trump negotiated with President Bukele of El Salvador to deport dangerous Venezuelan illegal immigrants – including gang members – to be held in Salvadoran prisons, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered the planes to turn around in midair and return to the U.S. The radical Left is attempting to use judicial overreach as their new plan of action to hinder President Trump’s agenda, issuing more than 15 nationwide injunctions against the current Trump Administration – during his first administration, judges issued 64 nationwide injunctions against President Trump executive actions. We cannot allow activist federal judges to continue to abuse their power and subvert the will of the American people. House Republicans passed legislation to reign in these rogue rulings and weaponized injunctions by restricting federal courts to ruling on specified parties in a case within their jurisdiction, instead of all Americans. H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa, prevents partisan judges from abusing their authority and issuing politically motivated nationwide injunctions that inhibit the President from carrying out the policy agenda the American people elected him to implement by blocking federal judges from issuing injunctions that extend beyond specific parties involved in a case. “We have a crisis on the bench right now and The No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 is the comprehensive solution we need to take on runaway judicial activism and ensure the proper and appropriate balance in our courts. I thank my colleagues for their support and our steadfast GOP leadership for working to advance this common-sense reform,” said Rep. Darrell Issa. What Members Said: “In November 2024, the American people gave President Trump a mandate to secure our borders, shrink a bloated federal bureaucracy, and put America first. He's acted swiftly, with over 100 executive orders in just three months to deliver on those promises that he made to the American people. But what have we seen? Unelected judges have issued sweeping nationwide injunctions to stop him at every turn – 53 lawsuits already, halting deportations of dangerous criminal aliens, blocking cuts to wasteful spending, and tying the hands of a president doing his best to protect America,” said Rep. Lauren Boebert. “The No Rogue Rulings Act says enough is enough. It's a simple common sense fix: no single district judge should have the power to grind the entire nation to a halt with one rogue ruling. Why should a single unelected judge override the votes of 80 million Americans? This is not how our Constitution was designed. The Founding Fathers gave Congress the power to check the courts, and it's time we began using it.”
Rep. John James highlighted that H.R. 1526 says enough to far-left activists and ensures that a single activist judge can't grind our country to a halt.  Defending the Integrity of American Elections from Noncitizen Voting ✅ The right to vote is a foundational principle of the United States of America, and its integrity must be protected. Currently, federal law states that it is illegal for foreign nationals or noncitizens to vote in U.S. federal elections or donate with regards to federal, state, or local elections in order to protect the integrity of our elections. However, noncitizens continue to unlawfully register to vote, diluting the votes of American citizens and potentially allowing foreign interference in our elections. With the over 8.8 million illegal immigrants that have illegally come across our southern border thanks to President Biden’s open border policies, including more than 394 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist, it is vital we shore up our election security and ensure that only American citizens are voting in American elections. House Republicans passed legislation to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote, as well as allow states to remove noncitizens from voter rolls, to keep foreign interference out of our elections, maintain election integrity, and increase American citizens’ trust in our federal elections. Rep. Chip Roy’s legislation, H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, requiring individuals to provide proof of United States citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections. “Despite the ridiculous attacks and purposeful misinformation spread about the bill, I am pleased to see that the House of Representatives once again passed the SAVE Act on a bipartisan basis to ensure only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections. I would like to thank Speaker Johnson, Chairman Steil, and Senator Mike Lee for partnering with me on this effort,” said Rep. Chip Roy. “In order to preserve this republic, we must uphold what it means to be able to vote in a U.S. election. I am grateful that my colleagues answered the call and passed the SAVE Act, as this serves as a critical first step to ensure that we maintain election integrity throughout our country. It is now up to the Senate to take up, pass, and send this important bill to President Trump’s desk.” What Members Said: “This bill is very, very simple. It ensures that only American citizens can vote in our federal elections. This isn't hard. 87% of Americans agree that only Americans should vote in our elections. So it makes me wonder, why are my friends on the other side of the aisle always consistently looking for ways to ensure that illegals can vote in our elections? It's almost as though they have an ulterior motive. You have to show an ID to board a plane, to buy alcohol, to cash a check – you have to show an ID to buy cold medicine, for God's sakes. Why should people not have to verify their citizenship to register?” said Rep. Kat Cammack. “I am sick and tired, and I know women across this country are sick and tired of being talked down to and being insulted repeatedly with the fear mongering tactics of the Left. It is disingenuous for them to stand there and continue to say that women will not be eligible to vote. This is about protecting one of our most sacred rights that we have as Americans, and I am so proud to stand here as a woman, as a married woman, and again, as the chair of the Republican Women's Caucus in safeguarding and ensuring the integrity of our elections.”
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann underscored that H.R. 22 ensures only American citizens can vote in our elections and strengthens the security and integrity of our electoral system.
Protecting Non-Bank Entities from Overreaching CFPB Oversight ✅ On their way out the door, the Biden Administration issued a rule expanding the supervisory power of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to oversee more entities without proper justification, which took effect on January 9. This burdensome rule allows the CFPB to regulate non-bank entities that complete 50 million digital consumer transactions per year, affecting those that provide fund transfer and digital wallet transactions through digital apps like Venmo and contactless payments, such as Apple Pay. By taking a one-size-fits-all approach to these varied and unique payment products and services and lumping them into the same market, this Biden CFPB rule places significant compliance burdens on affected companies with no benefit whatsoever to American consumers or the market. There is no problem that this rule is solving – in fact, this rule will ultimately hurt consumers, as well as increase regulatory costs, and suppress innovation by creating a disincentive to provide new services. House Republicans passed legislation to protect companies from the CFPB’s unnecessary supervisory overreach, get rid of burdensome red-tape, encourage innovation, and support small businesses and job creators. S.J. Res. 28, introduced by Sen. Pete Ricketts, reverses the Biden Administration CFPB’s rule “Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications,” that would allow the CFPB more oversight power over non-bank entities that complete 50 million digital transactions a year, providing no benefit to consumers or the market and placing significant burdens on businesses that use digital payments. “Over the last four years, progressive activists sought to dramatically expand the regulatory authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” said Rep. Mike Flood. “One of the tools they used to achieve their goal was the Larger Participants Rule, which has attempted to leverage the agency’s examination authority to regulate non-bank consumer payments firms. Rolling back this regulation is critical to ensuring that the CFPB doesn’t become a barrier to innovation for job creators across America. Thank you to my colleagues in the House for their support of this CRA and to Senator Ricketts his leadership on this in the Senate. I look forward to President Trump signing this measure so we can quickly scrap another onerous Biden-era regulation.” What Members Said: “This rule is a textbook case of regulatory overreach. It stems from a flawed process and applies an overly broad approach that blurs important distinctions between very different products and services in the digital economy. Rather than taking a thoughtful and tailored approach, the CFPB opted for a sweeping rule that treats all digital payment services as if they are the same, ignoring critical differences that matter for both consumers as well as providers,” said Rep. Tim Moore. “When regulators fail to distinguish fundamentally different products, they don't just risk getting it wrong – they guarantee it. The digital economy is too important and involving to quickly blanket policies built on vague definitions and rushed processes. We need thoughtful, targeted oversight that reflects reality, not a one size all mandate that will do more harm than good.”
House Republican Conference celebrated the passage of S.J. Res. 28, which reverses a Biden-era rule that added egregious compliance burdens on small businesses that used digital payment platforms like Venmo or contactless payments.
“The bill we have before us today reverses perhaps the most misunderstood rulemaking in financial services. On its face, you may look at a proposal to cap overdraft fees and think, ‘Wow, sounds like a great idea.’ After all, who wants to pay more in fees? But in reality, the CFPB’s rule capping overdraft fees is nothing more than an 11th hour effort from Biden's rogue financial regulators to score political points at the expense of everyday Americans,” said Rep. Troy Downing. “Financial institutions have to be able to generate profit from the products they offer. Otherwise, they'll not be able to offer them at all. By capping overdraft fees, the CFPB has made it increasingly more costly for banks and credit unions, especially those that service folks in rural districts like mine, to offer overdraft protection. When these lenders are no longer able to charge competitive rates, they may be forced to cover the cost of increasing other critical services or stop offering the services altogether. And what does that result in? It results in less choice and less protection.”
Rep. Frank Lucas underlined that the CFPB's misguided overdraft rule would harm consumers' access to financial flexibility and emergency liquidity, and that the American economy is better off with it overturned.
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