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Key lawmaker suggests GOP go big in lame-duck Congress to foil Democrat defunding, spending plans

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Just The News · collected 2026-11-06 · by John Solomon

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Rep. Harriet Hageman, who recently won a U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming, is urging her Republican colleagues to use the lame-duck session of Congress to pass multi-year budgets through reconciliation, which requires only 51 votes in the Senate and would secure funding for agencies targeted by Democrats until at least 2028. She specifically mentions protecting border and immigration budget items, Justice Department priorities, and permanently implementing cuts to USAID's foreign aid budget. Hageman also suggests using Congressional Review Act resolutions to reverse certain state regulations that impact the entire country.
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Rep. Harriet Hageman, who won a U.S. Senate seat from Wyoming in Tuesday's election and will be sworn in soon, is urging her Republican colleagues to aggressively pass multi-year budgets during the lame-duck session of Congress. This would protect agencies that Democrats aim to defund and solidify President Donald Trump’s cuts to foreign aid through 2028. Hageman suggests using a budget reconciliation law with just 51 votes in the Senate, which bypasses the filibuster rule, allowing Republicans to secure their priorities despite expected Democrat efforts to overturn them in future sessions.

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“The articles discuss different perspectives and calls to action regarding the lame-duck session, but they describe distinct instances and framings by different lawmakers.”
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“The articles discuss different aspects of the upcoming lame-duck session; Article A covers a broader list of legislative items, while Article B focuses on Rep. Hageman's suggestions to protect agencies from Democratic plans.”
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“The articles discuss similar strategies for Republicans to use in the lame-duck session but describe different focuses and contexts.”
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Power moves that Trump, Republicans can execute during lame duck Congress to pigeonhole Democrats Between a legislature subject to presidential veto, his powers of the pardon and the hue and cry of "revenge" from Democrats publicly targeting Trump and his administration members, Trump may be emboldened to act unilaterally on several issues before the "Blue Wave" actually washes ashore.
Such a move would require only 51 votes in the Senate, bypassing the blockade of a filibuster rule, then allow Trump to use his veto pen to thwart Democrat efforts in the next Congress to overturn his priorities, thus securing them through the 2028 election. "I think we ought to do another reconciliation package and fund some of these programs and agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target," Hageman said during a wide-ranging interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show.
Such a move would require only 51 votes in the Senate, bypassing the blockade of a filibuster rule, then allow Trump to use his veto pen to thwart Democrat efforts in the next Congress to overturn his priorities, thus securing them through the 2028 election. "I think we ought to do another reconciliation package and fund some of these programs and agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target," Hageman said during a wide-ranging interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show.
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Such a move would require only 51 votes in the Senate, bypassing the blockade of a filibuster rule, then allow Trump to use his veto pen to thwart Democrat efforts in the next Congress to overturn his priorities, thus securing them through the 2028 election. "I think we ought to do another reconciliation package and fund some of these programs and agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target," Hageman said during a wide-ranging interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show.
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Such a move would require only 51 votes in the Senate, bypassing the blockade of a filibuster rule, then allow Trump to use his veto pen to thwart Democrat efforts in the next Congress to overturn his priorities, thus securing them through the 2028 election. "I think we ought to do another reconciliation package and fund some of these programs and agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target," Hageman said during a wide-ranging interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show.

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Key lawmaker suggests GOP go big in lame-duck Congress to foil Democrat defunding, spending plans uncertain
Democrat → suggest → plans
"We need to target those agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target from the standpoint of trying to either destroy them, undermine them, or fundamentally change where they go," Rep. Harriet Hageman says. asserted
Hageman → need → them
One of the few House Republicans to win a U.S. Senate seat in Tuesday's blue-wave election is urging her GOP colleagues to aggressively use the remaining days of the lame-duck Congress this year to pass multi-year budgets to protect agencies that Democrats want to defund and to codify President Donald Trump cuts to foreign aid that the left wants to restore. asserted
left → win → that
Rep. Harriet Hageman, soon to be sworn in as Wyoming's next U.S. senator, told Just the News on Thursday night that she is urging fellow Republicans to replicate their last budget reconciliation law that funded Trump's Homeland Security agenda until the end of his presidency and codify other GOP priorities and foil Democrats' ambitions in the next Congress. asserted
that → swear → Congress
Such a move would require only 51 votes in the Senate, bypassing the blockade of a filibuster rule, then allow Trump to use his veto pen to thwart Democrat efforts in the next Congress to overturn his priorities, thus securing them through the 2028 election. "I think we ought to do another reconciliation package and fund some of these programs and agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target," Hageman said during a wide-ranging interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show. asserted
Hageman → require → show
So yes, we have the ability to do that," she continued. asserted
she → have → that
"We need to target those agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target from the standpoint of trying to either destroy them, undermine them or fundamentally change where they go." asserted
they → need → them
Hageman suggested border and immigration budget items, the Justice Department and FBI priorities, and codifying the massive cuts to wasteful federal spending and the USAID foreign aid budget that Elon Musk's DOGE team implemented. uncertain
team → suggest → that
Democrats have made clear they want to restore most of USAID's budget cuts. asserted
want → make → cuts
"We need to make sure that the cutting of those programs stays permanent," she explained. asserted
she → need → programs
"We need to make sure that the DOJ work is permanent. ... asserted
work → need → ?
Those are exactly the kinds of things that we need to use reconciliation for. asserted
we → need → reconciliation
That's what it is for: to make sure that we have implemented our budget priorities for the benefit of the American people." asserted
we → make → people
Hageman said there are other major actions the House and Senate could achieve that bypass the filibuster, including five Congressional Review Act resolutions that would reverse what she called "horrific policies" encoded in California state regulations that affect the whole country. uncertain
that → say → country
"That is very important," she said of the CRA resolutions. asserted
she → say → resolutions
"So I do think that the Senate should step forward right now and do that. asserted
Senate → think → that
There are many things we could do without even getting rid of the filibuster." uncertain
we → be → filibuster
Hageman's idea got an immediate endorsement from fellow Republican Rep. Randy Fine, of Florida, another of the few Republicans to have good election nights Tuesday. asserted
idea → get → nights
Fine got 5% more votes in 2026 than his first election to Congress. asserted
Fine → get → Congress
"I think that's a great idea," he told the same show. asserted
he → think → show
"Look, I'm going back to D.C. tomorrow. asserted
I → look → D.C.
I'm happy to stay there around the clock until Jan. 3 to get the job done for the American people. asserted
job → stay → people
"Part of the reason we lost the majority is voters didn't think we worked that hard," he also said. asserted
he → lose → majority
"They saw the Senate not even trying to pass the Save America Act, and they said, 'What's the point in having them?' asserted
point → see → them
Well, we've got two months left, and we should use every minute to the maximum advantage that we have." asserted
we → get → that
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