House Freedom Caucus drops lame-duck playbook for Thune, Johnson

The House Freedom Caucus on Monday released a playbook for the Republican House and Senate to advance as much of the agenda as possible before Democrats take the majority in January.

Republicans lost both chambers this month in the midterm elections, leaving them with precious little time to move forward with policy priorities until the power shift.

In a document posted to social media, the Freedom Caucus urged House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to pass a funding bill through reconciliation, codify border security, cap annual spending, pass an energy pill, and ban congressional stock trading.

Those items have been key priorities for Republican lawmakers, but each has languished in the legislature over the past two years.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.