The House GOP’s Main Street Caucus has turned into a critical behind-the-scenes force for striking deals in the fractious, slim majority — and is set to grow even more important as its leaders prioritize being in President Trump’s orbit as Republicans plot an ambitious legislative agenda.

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) is in his second term as the group’s chair, and Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) is the group’s new vice chair, replacing Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.), who remains deeply involved in the group’s leadership decisions.

In a joint interview with The Hill, the three Main Street leaders outlined their low-key, high-impact strategy.

“Something that I don't know that many people know is the amount of influence that the Main Street Caucus has behind the scenes,” Flood said. “Everyone's drawn to anger. People revel in anger, and the angrier you are, the louder you are, the more you're in the headlines.”

But Main Street takes a different approach.

“I just think our secret sauce is we don't view politics as a zero-sum game. We're not against anybody. We're just pro-getting our work done,” Johnson said. “And we're not interested in a lot of headlines or doing a lot of media. We just we want to work with 220 Republicans to deliver on the agenda.”

Finding near-unanimous consensus in the House GOP will be critical to not only avoiding the kind of chaos that defined the 118th Congress, headlined by the ouster of a Speaker, but to getting Trump’s priorities on tax cuts, border security, and energy reform across the finish line.

The three were among the many House Republicans who ventured down to Mar-a-Lago for a series of meetings with Trump earlier this month as Republicans........

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