GOP senators have raised concerns about the deficit impact of the emerging package, as well as the cuts to Medicaid and clean energy funding.

GOP senators have raised concerns about the deficit impact of the emerging package, as well as the cuts to Medicaid and clean energy funding.

As House Republicans scramble to corral the votes to pass a massive bill for Donald Trump’s agenda, their Senate counterparts are making clear the emerging package won’t fly as written when it reaches them.

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., was categorical that the product coming out of various House committees cannot pass the Senate as it currently stands.

It wouldn’t surprise House members to learn that their Senate colleagues want to put their own fingerprints on the final multitrillion-dollar package. But Republican senators have already begun to identify a variety of provisions in the House measure that they’re targeting for revisions — from Medicaid concerns to clean energy funding to spectrum policy and overall red ink.

  • Snot FlickermanEnglish
    23•2 months ago

    Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., came out against the emerging House legislation this week, saying it will explode the U.S. budget deficit.

    “I don’t see any scenario where it’s going to be deficit-neutral. That’s my problem,” he told NBC News. “By my calculation, this is going to increase the deficit by $4 trillion.”

    “The amount that they’re looking to reduce spending is about 1.3%. It’s a rounding error. It’s completely inadequate,” Johnson said as he insists federal spending be at least lowered to pre-pandemic levels.

    Sounds like some in the Senate want even more aggressive cuts. This seems like posturing.

    • @[email protected]
      5•2 months ago

      Not all spending is good. For example, tons of subsidies are shit for all of us but a few oil execs.

        • @[email protected]
          2•2 months ago

          Probably food stamps, life saving prescription subsidies, and school funding.

          He’s also probably gonna go kill some orphans after work.