Two conservative Republican senators have raised serious concerns about the “big, beautiful bill” passed by House Republicans at President Trump’s urging, suggesting that the legislation needs significant cuts to avoid worsening the national debt. Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, both Trump allies, expressed skepticism about the current House version of the bill, warning it could blow up the budget.
Senator Paul called the spending cuts in the bill “wimpy and anemic” but said he might still support the bill if it did not lead to a larger debt. However, he criticized the inclusion of a $4 trillion increase to the debt ceiling, calling it “not conservative” and saying, “There’s got to be someone left in Washington who thinks debt is wrong and deficits are wrong and wants to go in the other direction.”
Johnson echoed these concerns, stating that the bill would actually increase the deficit instead of reducing it. He expressed confidence there were enough senators to block the bill unless President Trump pushed for serious spending cuts.
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According to The Hill, Johnson emphasized the need to “reduce spending, spending, spending” despite his support for Trump’s bold approach to fixing what he called “the enormous messes left by the Biden administration.” Both senators’ public doubts signal possible resistance among other conservative senators, making the Senate’s approval of the bill uncertain.
The House bill, which extends the 2017 Trump tax cuts, faces other challenges including reforms to Medicaid and reductions to green energy tax credits, which have drawn criticism from some GOP members. Additionally, looming deadlines such as the Treasury’s warning that the debt ceiling must be raised by July add urgency to the legislative process.
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