Johnson: I’ll Vote Against Proceeding On Megabill

“I just can’t accept this is the new normal. So President Trump, his goal in the Senate was to make the big, beautiful bill even better. I’d like it much better. Right now, I’m not going to vote for a motion to proceed today. We just got the bill. I got my first copy about 1.23 in the morning this morning. About 300 provisions by my account. We have scores, just temporary scores, preliminary scores on less than half of that. We don’t even have the scores,

“You know, my bottom line is, and you know this, both your husband [Sean Duffy] and I ran as Tea Party candidates. We were $14 trillion in debt back then. Now we’re $37 trillion in debt. And, Rachel, I just can’t accept this as the new normal. So President Trump, his goal in the Senate was to make the Big Beautiful Bill even better. I’d like it much better.

“Right now, I’m not going to vote for a motion to proceed today. We just got the bill. I got my first copy about 1:23 in the morning, this morning. About 300 provisions by my account. We have scores, just temporary scores, preliminary scores on less than half of that. We don’t even have the scores.

“The last thing I want Republicans doing, and I’m not accusing anybody doing this right now, the last thing is we shouldn’t take the Nancy Pelosi approach and pass this bill to find out what’s in it.” – Sen. Ron Johnson, today on Fox & Friends.

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