The policies emerging will revive long-running debates about America's priorities, its gaping income inequities and the proper size and scope of its government, especially in the face of mounting federal deficits now approaching $2 trillion a year.
What we're focused on right now is being ready, Day 1, said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., after meeting recently with GOP colleagues to map out the road ahead.
The past is really prologue here, said Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, recalling the 2017 tax debate.
Trump's first term became defined by those tax cuts, which were approved by Republicans in Congress and signed into law only after their initial campaign promise to repeal and replace Democratic President Barack Obama's health care law sputtered.
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