Trump asked House GOP for 2026 answers. Strategists call for reconciliation 2.0 and infrastructure spending

Published January 7, 2026 4:34pm ET



President Donald Trump rallied House Republicans this week as the GOP tries to defy history and keep control of Congress after this year’s midterm elections.

But Trump had questions for House Republicans during his address to their annual retreat on Tuesday, in 2026, at the rebranded Trump-Kennedy Center, as he and the conference grapple with how to gin up turnout in November when the president is not on the ballot.

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