Enough Republicans Oppose Budget Bill to ‘Stop the Process,’ Sen. Johnson Says

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has expressed concern about the bill’s impact on the federal deficit, suggesting there was sufficient opposition to force change.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on May 25 that there was ample opposition to one big beautiful bill law that passed the House of Representatives in order to “stop the process” in the Senate, and President Donald Trump forced him to negotiate changes to the bill.

I think it’s enough to stop the process until the president takes seriously cutting spending and reducing deficits,” Johnson told CNN’s “The State of the Union” in a Sunday appearance.

After weeks of negotiations, the House of Representatives approved the law on May 22 with a strict voting of 215-214 votes before 7am at 7am. That vote was a huge victory for House Republican leaders, but Senators Johnson and Rand Paul (R-KY.) say they are skeptical of the package to carry out Trump’s agenda.

Both have opposed the potential impact of megaville on the federal budget.

“This is our moment. We are facing an unprecedented moment of 58% spending increase since 2019. This is the only opportunity to reset it to reasonable pre-pandemic spending,” Johnson said.

He said that if the process is carried carefully, “people don’t notice” the majority of spending cuts.

“Part of the problem here is rushing through this process, we haven’t taken the time,” Johnson said.

This is an early warning sign of the difficulties Senator John Tune (Rs.D.) faces in the upper room, a senator who can spare less than three asylums to pass the bill.

Nevertheless, the package passed by the Senate is different from the bill that ultimately approved by the House. Such a bill must win approval of the house before it lands on Trump’s desk.

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Paul opposed the bill, saying Kat was “bearish and anemia” and “exploding the deficit.”

“It’s not just a serious proposition,” Paul said.

Paul partially opposed the provisions of the House bill to raise the debt cap by $4 trillion.

He said if the debt cap component is removed, he would consider voting for the bill “even if there is the remaining (that) incompleteness.”

“But I cannot vote to raise the debt cap by $5 trillion,” the Kentucky Republican said, citing the Senate blueprint of the bill that raises the debt cap beyond the level of the House bill. “There need to be people in Washington who think that their debt is wrong and their deficits are wrong.

A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicted that the House-passed law would ultimately add nearly $3.8 trillion to the deficit over a decade, despite its drastic cuts. Programs like Medicaid and Food Stamps also show reductions due to eligibility requirements and other reforms.

During his Sunday appearance on Fox News Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pushed back those estimates and retorted that the bill would expand the US economy and minimise the long-term budget impact of the deficit.

“CBOs are famous for getting things wrong. So what’s wrong about one big beautiful invoice? Are there so many?” Speaker wrote in X’s post.

“But the Potus bill will be jet fuel for the American economy,” Johnson wrote. “He led the world’s best economy during his first term, and it is likely to happen again with the help of this law.”

Other senators have expressed reservations on other elements of the House bill.

In a letter to Thune last month, Officers Lisa Markowski (R-Alaska), Tom Tylls (RN.C.) and John Curtis (R-UTAH) urged the abolition of clean energy credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act.

“The United States produces some of the cleanest and most efficient energy in the world, and all the approaches to being, including support for traditional and renewable energy sources, have long been a hallmark of our energy strategy,” the senator trio wrote.

“To that end, many American companies have invested heavily in domestic energy production and infrastructure based on the current energy tax framework.