House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said the plan is to pursue one bill that would encompass the new administration's major priorities – cracking down on people in the U.S. without authorization, boosting domestic energy production and implementing an expansive new tax plan.

President Trump made a big splash with dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, but now comes the hard part: getting Republicans in Congress in line to usher an ambitious legislative agenda through their slim majorities and clashing factions.