Congress Needs to Work the Same Hours As Trump to Accomplish the MAGA Agenda

President Trump is a force multiplier. The man has the ability to get things done—there’s no denying that. He is a workhorse, not in the Biden cover-up way, but an actual workhorse. Trump is known for only needing a few hours of sleep, which can leave staff on edge, feeling like they’re a step behind him. No one questions whether he’s working constantly on behalf of the American people and the agenda he campaigned on. We know that’s exactly what he’s doing. The question MAGA is beginning to raise is whether Congress is willing to work as hard as Trump to get his agenda across the finish line?

I understand Speaker Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-SD) are always working. I know the job is endless meetings and fundraisers—it truly is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week type work. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to turn this country completely around. President Trump has nearly secured the border by his authority as the head of the Executive Branch. The world is becoming safer as Ukraine and Russia begin to discuss peace—Trump already stopped potential war between India and Pakistan. These are just a few examples of the major victories President Trump has single-handedly secured. But he can’t do everything by himself.

Imagine if Congress worked as hard as President Trump? If Congress believes, as I do, that we have a short window of time to get our country on the right track, their work schedule should reflect that. I propose a two-week on, one week off schedule through the end of July, including weekends. That would give Congress 14 days in a row to get Trump's agenda moving. I’m not suggesting this as an eternal schedule, but a period of time where the GOP puts the foot on the gas, gets things done, and sends a serious message about our efforts.

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For example, President Trump currently has 80 nominees awaiting confirmation in the Senate. Rachel Bovard has been in the conservative movement for decades. She is the Vice President of Programs at Conservative Partnership Institute and a Capitol Hill veteran. Rachel wrote a great article outlining the snail's pace in the Senate regarding nominees:

The Trump administration is waiting on all manner of assistant secretaries, under secretaries, deputy secretaries, general counsels, and financial officers. As of this writing, the comptroller of the currency and assistant secretary of the Treasury are both awaiting confirmation, as is the director of the Office of Personnel Management, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, and the general counsels for the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development — among more than 50 others. The nominee to be the deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has been sitting on the calendar since mid-March.

Initially, the Senate was moving quickly to get Trump’s nominees through—the Cabinet is a great example of the work put in early in the administration. Why not continue that pace? Bovard continues:

Cabinet secretaries are certainly important and often famous. But everyone in Washington knows agencies’ sub-Cabinet-level officers and below are just as critical to executing the president’s agenda.

During my time in government, I have found this to be true. Many times, the sub-cabinet level positions are pushing the career bureaucrats to get things done. They are the boots on the ground who help the top leadership understand what is going on behind the scenes regarding how some staff will work to slow the process. A good sub-cabinet officer can be just as important as the secretary when it comes to getting the president's agenda across the finish line.

There are no guarantees in politics. Democrats will be in power once again at some point in the country's future—which means we have to act now. We can’t rely on a future we don’t know. I hope VP Vance and Secretary Rubio dominate politically in the future, but we can’t know that, so we need to use this fast break opportunity and dunk the basketball.