The hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus is backing a two-step approach to tackle parts of President-elect Trump’s agenda on border, taxes and energy amid an internal clash over the approach.

The influential caucus said in a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday that it supports passing a “fully offset” and “focused” border reconciliation package in January, and then moving “forward to a second, larger reconciliation bill covering taxes, spending, energy, bureaucracy, and more.”

“It is our understanding that President Trump's closest advisors and experts on the border believe they........

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