Though the Republican majority in the House of Representatives is certainly narrower than many conservatives would like, there are already signs of strong determination to help the president-elect make swift headway on his legislative agenda.

As the Daily Caller reports, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has been making the media rounds in recent days, vowing to help Donald Trump marshal Republican support for a single, large reconciliation bill to be put forward in the new administration's early days.

Johnson gets to work

The recently elected House speaker addressed the plans that he and his GOP colleagues have for ensuring that Trump's term in office gets off to the most effective possible start, doing so during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures with host Maria Bartiromo.

Key among Johnson's most pressing task is the creating of a budget reconciliation bill designed to meet with the new president's approval, a process he wants completed within the initial 100 days of the new Trump administration.

Johnson explained, “We want to make sure that we're jumpstarting the agenda now over the next two weeks so that he's prepared and ready on day one.”

The speaker continued, “We have a lot to do, as you know, and we've been putting all the plays together and figuring out the sequence of how we're gonna run those plays, and we're really excited about it,” and he also described reconciliation as means to sidestep the 60-vote threshold in the Senate and to assemble a bill that is not dependent on Democrats' input or even support.

In terms of the form Trump's initiatives are likely to take in the legislature, Johnson said, “I think, at the end of the day, President Trump is going to prefer, as he likes to say, 'One big, beautiful bill'” encompassing concerns such as the economy, border security, energy policy, and the administrative state in a package the speaker says “can save the country, quite literally.”

Trump weighs in

Unsurprisingly, Johnson's description of the path he intends to take in the first weeks of Trump's new term meshed well with the president-elect's own discussion of the situation on Monday, as The Hill reported.

Trump noted that it is his preference that Congress act on his sweeping agenda via a single reconciliation measure, but said that if need be, he is open to spreading his priorities across two such bills.

Taking a pragmatic approach, Trump said during a chat with radio host Hugh Hewitt, “While I favor one bill, I also want to get everything passed. And there are some people that don't necessarily agree with it, so I'm open to that also.”

Trump explained, “My preference is one big – as I say, one big beautiful bill. Now to do that takes longer. To submit it takes longer, actually. So it's a longer process, I would say. I'd live with that. To me it's just a -- it's cleaner. It's nicer.”

Even so, he added, “I would prefer one, but I will do whatever needs to be done to get it passed.”

Unified front as term begins

At least for now, it appears that Johnson and Trump appear to be of like minds with regard to the need for urgent legislative movement once the new administration takes control, and that could be in part due to the aid the president-elect offered the speaker last week when his hopes of retaining the gavel appeared less than certain.

Whether the alliance between Trump and Johnson -- which has had its rocky moments even in the recent past holds long enough to secure real progress on the MAGA priorities for which millions voted in November, only time will tell.