Trump meets with Republicans on Capitol Hill as GOP struggles to agree on legislative strategy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : Trump said it "feels great" to be back inside the U.S. Capitol for the first time since he left office four years ago, after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by his supporters.
77% : Trump ally Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said Trump just "wants all of it done.
71% : Inside the private meeting, Trump received extended applause from the Republican senators staying late into the evening hours to confer with the incoming president behind closed doors.
61% : During his first term, Trump was known for changing his mind, a habit that members of Congress became accustomed to as they navigated his presidency.
60% : Trump plans meetings this weekend at Mar-a-Lago with House RepublicansRep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., among those House Republicans headed to Florida for this weekend's meetings, said he supports the House's one-bill approach.
57% : Johnson, who greeted Trump at the Capitol, has said he sees himself operating as the GOP quarterback with Trump as their coach calling plays.
53% : Democrats used the same tool during the Obama era to approve the Affordable Care Act in 2010 without any Republican support.
40% : But Republicans are quickly finding themselves in a dilemma: What happens when the coach changes his mind?Trump has given Republicans on Capitol Hill mixed signals, flip-flopping over what is the best approach.
31% : What's at stake, Aguilar said, is that Trump and the Republicans are proposing a tax giveaway to the wealthy and budget cuts that will cut social services and other programs that Americans rely on.
30% : "We're looking at the one bill versus two bills, and whatever it is, it doesn't matter," Trump said about the conflicting strategies, as he made his way through the halls.
26% : With Trump taking the oath of office on Jan. 20, Republicans have no time to waste.

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