Senator Johnson Says Senate Has Votes to Block Trump Tax Cuts Bill

Senator Ron Johnson has emerged as a leading Republican critic of President Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' warning that there are enough votes in the Senate to block the legislation unless the president commits to substantial spending cuts and deficit reduction. Johnson and other Senate Republicans, including Rand Paul and Josh Hawley, have expressed concerns that the bill would significantly increase the national debt—potentially adding trillions to the deficit over the next decade—while delivering insufficient spending cuts and harming programs like Medicaid. Despite narrowly passing the House, the legislation faces strong opposition in the Senate, where Republicans hold a slim majority but remain divided on the bill’s fiscal impact. Johnson emphasized the need for a detailed, line-by-line examination of spending to avoid 'mortgaging our children’s future' and criticized the bill as stealing from future generations. House Speaker Mike Johnson defended the bill's provisions, arguing that the deficit impact is overstated and that economic growth stimulated by the bill’s policies is not fully accounted for in Congressional Budget Office estimates. The debate underscores deep divisions within the GOP over fiscal responsibility and the path forward for tax cuts and government spending.