Inside One Conservative Org’s Fight To Solidify Trump’s Legacy

As Trump’s first one hundred days of his second administration approaches, one major nonprofit is working to codify the president’s executive orders through legislative action, the Daily Caller has learned.

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank organization, has identified 100 “wins” ahead of Tuesday, which marks Trump’s 100th day in office. The “wins” identified span from “securing the border” to “national security.”

Heritage Action, a 501(c)(4) conservative advocacy organization, is working to codify those wins through legislative action. The group is drafting up legislation and meeting with Congressional leaders to see those bills make it to the floor and hopefully the president’s desk, the organization said in an interview with the Daily Caller. (RELATED: Trump Had A Busy First 12 Hours In Office — Here Were His First Big Moves)

“We’ve been a partner in helping to draft legislation on ending the Department of Education and moving those responsibilities to more appropriate agencies,” Ryan Walker, the executive vice president of Heritage Action, told the Caller.

“We’ve been a part of and helped to draft the Dismantling DEI Act, which has been introduced in Congress and would effectuate the President’s executive order on DEI offices and defining sex — that is another one that we have been involved in and helped to draft proposals on,” he continued.

Congress will need to pass legislation on a number of Trump’s executive actions to ensure they can’t be easily reversed by another president, Heritage Action points out.

In March, Trump signed an executive order ordering the Education Secretary to start closing down the Department of Education. Congress will need to act, however, to fully shut down the department, as some elements of the federal office are established through congressional approval.

While Heritage Action works on drafting bills, Education Secretary Linda McMahon previously told the Caller that she was personally lobbying Congress to pass such legislation.

Walker told the Caller that it can take 8-10 people from both the Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action to draft a completed bill.

“It’s a pretty complicated endeavor. You have to cross reference statute that’s already law of the land. You have to make sure that you know any lever that you’re pulling,” he told the Caller.

Walker told the Caller that Heritage Action is working with the Republican Study Committee and having conversations with congressional leaders such as Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to urge them to take up legislation defining sex, fully dismantling the Department of Education, and ending DEI offices permanently in the federal government.

The RSC is advancing bills like the Remain in Mexico Act and the Dismantle DEI Act, Chairman August Pfluger told the Caller in a statement. In March, the RSC rolled out a series of bills they planned to codify Trump’s agenda and they plan to reveal more such legislation soon, an official shared with the Caller.

“Our historic partnership with the Heritage Foundation provides us with invaluable expertise and legislative frameworks that strengthen our ability to codify these priorities as we work to enshrine President Trump’s legacy in permanent law,” Pfluger added. “By cementing President Trump’s America First vision, we’re ensuring his legacy isn’t built on shifting sands but carved into the enduring bedrock of American governance.”

One Senate aide told the Caller that senators have started working on codifying EOs to “ensure a future Dem administration can’t easily overturn them.” The aide pointed to the vote on the Protecting Women and Girls in Sports Act and the vote on ICC sanctions as examples of Congress working to secure Trump’s agenda.

“Unfortunately both those were blocked by Democrats,” the aide said, adding that 60 votes are needed to break a filibuster and bring a bill to the floor for a final vote, which would require a few senators across the aisle to vote with Republicans.

Heritage Action expects that a lot of what will be included in the upcoming Reconciliation bill will help codify Trump’s executive actions. But the organization wants to see Congress vote on election integrity measures like the SAVE Act, which would require states to obtain proof of citizenship before individuals can register to vote in federal elections.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) gestures as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) looks on while departing the U.S. Capitol following a Friends of Ireland luncheon on March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“We think that the House in particular is going to bring up almost all of these issues and more,” Walker told the Caller. “I think that our work is really in convincing senators that this is the appropriate thing to do and that it’s worthwhile for more time and consideration and things of that nature.”