Republican senators expressed concern about President Donald Trump's "big and beautiful bill" and said they planned to vote "no" unless it could address its impact on Treasury. Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis. Calls for return to sideline spending as a possible solution.
According to the Federal Budget Committee, the House passed the spending bill passed by the House in late May is expected to increase by about $3 trillion, including interest.
Senator Rand Paul takes "No" as "No" in his current form.
“Unless we separate the debt ceiling, I am not,” Paul said. “If you deduct the debt ceiling from the bill, I’m almost certain for most of the rest of the time.”
Speaker Johnson clashes with Rand Paul in Trump's bill
R-Fla. Senator Rick Scott also expressed opposition.
"If we follow the path of the House bill, I think we're going to be close to $60 trillion in debt," Scott said Thursday in "Morning with Maria." "All we have to do is do the work of every family: we have to go through every line of budget."
Senator Johnson responded to Scott's proposal for "Sunday Morning Future", saying he believes Scott can oversee article-by-item reviews to find areas for cutting spending.
Elon Musk's criticism of Trump's tax bill frustrated some Republicans: "There is nowhere in Congress"
"Rick Scott has experience in Florida. See how successful he has been in reducing spending, balancing the budget, and then tax cuts to Floridians," Johnson told host Maria Bartiromo. "I did a great job in the budget review panel, I recommend."
But as for the specifics, Johnson insists there will be no "full" cuts in order to return to preschool spending.
"It's (an unprecedented level of spending). There's no reason to be $4.4-7 trillion in just six years. Going back to a reasonable perpecial level, you're traveling itinerary line by line."
Office data for management and budget data shows that federal spending has increased from $4.4 trillion to $73 trillion in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic.
But with the expected deadline of July, Johnson proposed splitting Trump's "big and beautiful bill" into two parts to give the Senate more time to resolve the deficit.
“If we split this into two parts: Border Defense, please take the spending cuts we have identified, extend these cuts, expand the current tax laws, increase the automatic taxes from the table, and increase the debt ceiling by about a year, which would be a shocking amount of about $2.50 to allow us to send us to March 2026.
Trump criticized those who opposed his bill, saying Republicans were "directly in the hands of the Democrats" when they voted "no".
Click here to get the Fox News app
But Johnson insisted that he had to return to lower the spending before the reduction.
"I want to see (President Trump) success. But again, my loyalty is to the American people, my children and grandchildren. We can't continue to mortgage their future."