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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed this week that, amid a dwindling majority, the GOP would work to codify up to 150 of President Trump’s executive actions in 2026.
“A very aggressive legislative agenda coming right out of the gates in January,” Johnson said during a press conference on Tuesday. “We’re going to continue to work, for example, on health care to continue to bring costs down for the American people, to bring down the cost of living overall.”
Johnson said that Americans would “see continued codification of these executive orders; [Trump’s] up to about 200 of those, probably about 150 of them are codifiable by Congress, and we’re working steadily through that list.”
According to the Federal Register, the president has signed at least 220 executive orders so far this term. The Republican majority in Congress codified a handful of the president’s agenda items in the landmark “One Big Beautiful Bill” in July, which implemented no taxes on tips, Social Security, and overtime. It also established further funding for border security and deportations.
Aside from the OBBB, a reconciliation budget package, the Take It Down Act, and the early-term Laken Riley Act, Republicans in Congress have failed to pass a significant number of bills and send them to the president’s desk. To date, the president has signed far more EOs than federal legislation.
With midterms looming in 2026, Republicans face pressure to pass meaningful legislation that will permanently enshrine President Trump’s America First vision.
“You’re going to see us delivering for the American people, while the effects of that giant piece of legislation that we did on July 4th…comes into implementation,” Speaker Johnson said on Tuesday, referring to the OBBB. “…Much more yet to do, and the president and I talk about that almost every day, and he’s excited about it, and I am.”