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House Republicans have no plans to allow the president Donald Trump’s key executive orders expire at the end of his four-year term.
Trump marked his first day in office on Monday dozens of new ones executive orders and noted that he aims to use the commander-in-chief’s unilateral power to enact policy when possible.
Executive orders, however, can easily be rescinded when a new administration enters the White House. They may also be subject to legal challenges that argue they violate existing US law, as is the current case with Trump’s order limiting birthright citizenship.
But several House GOP lawmakers who spoke to Fox News Digital indicate they intend to prevent that from happening at least for several of Trump’s key policies.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shakes hands with President Donald Trump. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“I see him doing things through executive action as a signal need … but they’re not the best way to do things,” House Freedom Caucus Speaker Scott Perry, R-Pa., told Fox News Digital. “The best way to get things done is through the legislative process with a signature on a bill.”
Perry suggested starting with Trump’s border and energy orders.
Meanwhile, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., confirmed at his weekly news conference that Trump’s orders will be a road map for the House.
“This is an America First agenda that brings both branches of government working together,” Johnson said. “And so what it’s doing is setting in motion what will ultimately be our legislative agenda.”
Rep. Russell Fry, RSC, a close Trump ally, told Fox News Digital: “I think executive orders are easy because it requires a person.”
Rep. Scott Perry wants Congress to codify Trump’s energy and border orders. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
“Equally important in our discussions with him is the legislative piece, that we enshrine some of these things permanently or that we correct mistakes in the law that may have been abused in the past,” Fry said.
Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., suggested enshrining Trump’s rollback of the Biden administration’s energy policies into law.
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee’s border subcommittee, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., said he wanted Congress to support Trump’s immigration executive orders.
“We must codify what President Trump has put in place through executive orders: staying in Mexico, removing the CBP One application” said Guest. “When President Trump leaves office in four years, these executive orders can be undone.”
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Freshman Republican Representative Brandon Gill introduced a bill to codify President Trump’s stay-in-Mexico policy. (Getty Images)
Some have already taken steps to do so. House Science Committee Chairman Brian Babin, R-Texas, introduced a bill this week to limit birthright citizenship the day after Trump’s order.
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Freshman Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas released a bill earlier this month to reinstate Trump’s stay-in-Mexico policy.
“I think the border crisis is so egregious and so damaging to American citizens that everybody can see it, whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat,” Gill told Fox News Digital.
Former President Joe Biden revoked several of Trump’s key executive orders on his first day in office and ended enforcement of Remain In Mexico, although that was challenged in court.
