Natalia Mittelstadt
Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Said that he would vote against the Budget Act of the Chamber of GOP representatives.
“We do it: we look at all programs,” we can’t touch it, touch it, we can’t touch it, “said Johnson about the bill, Politico reported.
Johnson said the bill did not reduce the federal deficit sufficiently. The purpose of the home account is to reduce expenses by at least $ 1.5 trillion.
IN Wall Street Journal OP-ED published on MondayJohnson wrote that a reduction in $ 1.5 trillion expenditure is only $ 1.68% of the forecast federal expenditure by $ 89.3 trillion as part of the 2026-35 tax year.
“I guess that many of this small decline will be unloaded to the end of 10 years, for which the congress is now budget, increasing the likelihood that savings will never be realized,” wrote Johnson.
The senator wants federal expenses to return to pre -standardic levels, which would be a reduction of about $ 6.5 trillion.
Johnson can be the second GOP senator who does not support the expenditure act, after Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. Republicans can lose only one senator and still have vice president JD Vance to break the draw to pass the bill.
In addition, sleep. Josh Hawley (R-mo.) He warned And on ED Published on Monday in the New York Times against the pursuit of your own party to reduce Medicaid expenses, just a few hours after the release of the House Republicans, which could save billion dollars and make millions of people lose health insurance, according to Hill.
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Natalia Mittelstadt is only a news reporter.
Photo “Senator Ron Johnson” by Senator Ron Johnson.
