Sen. Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, called the House budget plan a "sad joke." He and other Senate Republicans are already raising questions about legislation, even before the House has finished its work. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Closed subtitles
As House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-la. Details of large packaging This includes the main parts President Trump's agenda, many Senate Republicans are dismissing The legislation was even completed in the House of Representatives.
"Unfortunately, it's a sad joke," said Sen. Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, said Wednesday
"Wind" and "anemia" are the words of Senator Rand Paul, used to describe the spending cuts in the proposal.
The spokesman still said the House package wanted to be promoted through the conference hall before Memorial Day adjourns, with a goal of $1.5 trillion in spending cuts to offset the cost that made Trump's tax cuts permanent in 2017. It also includes tax breaks for Trump’s 2024 campaign — no tax on tips and overtime — but the rules are temporary.
Some conservatives in the house are pushing $2 trillion cuts - But that's not enough to hope that spending levels will return to what they pre-popular. Senator Johnson told reporters he believes that leaders' attempts to pass most of Trump's agenda in a single bill is a mistake, rather than three separate legislation that can be considered separately. As a result, he said he would “oppose the House bill as it is currently constructed.”
Other opponents include Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, who has been a voice critic for changes to the Medical Able plan proposed by House Remublisans. He publicly denounces Republicans for their efforts to reorganize health care programs for low-income, seniors and disabled people Recently published in New York Times.
Hawley specifically objected to the increase in co-payment for some Medicaid recipients and the freezing of state taxes in hospitals, which helped increase federal funding for rural hospitals as non-propagandists’ items.
"I won't support this bill from the House in this form. I think it's obvious that it has to change before the Senate passes," Hawley told CNN on Wednesday.
One solution might be to have the Senator stamp his own stamp anywhere the House passes.
"It's a good start," said R-Texas Senator John Cornyn on Wednesday.
Cohen told NPR he expects Senate rules to affect the final version of the bill. Republicans are using features of a budget process known as a settlement to advance legislation without Senate Democrats’ lawsuit threats, but the process has special rules and program.
"I believe the Senate will have its own ideas and we will pass a bill here that may be different from a house, but ultimately the difference must be addressed," he said.
Cohen, who did not weigh the criticism of various parts of the House bill by his Republican Senate colleagues, said: “I am more interested in saving the American people from adding tens of trillions of dollars in tax revenue.”
New York Rep. Nick Lalota told reporters "dozens" House Republicans told Speaker Johnson they were worried they would vote for the package that the Senate ignored.
"These members insist that the Senate goes first or the Senate, and the President blesses any bill we ultimately ask for a vote," Lalotta said.
He pointed to the experience in 2017, when some Republicans in Congress supported a bill and felt burned after Trump later called the proposal "despicable."
Lalota is part of a group that negotiates with the Speaker to restore tax breaks called "Salt", which allows its voters to deduct more state and local taxes. However, any action to increase the salt deduction cap will increase the overall price tag of the bill.
The issue of deductions that affect the Blue Country to a large extent is not a major issue for Senate Republicans.
Senator Paul also said he opposed the provisions proposed by the House bill to raise the country's borrowing institutions by $4 trillion, "I'm not trying to increase the debt cap of $4 or $5 trillion (USD) - I'm trying to balance the budget, the constitutional government is limited, so I'm just doing it."