Johnson to Senate fiscal hawks: Will take ‘more than a flip of a switch’ to fix US finance

Sen. Rick Scott: Must Cut More to Restore ‘Fiscal Sanity’

While President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) is must-pass legislation, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., believes the Senate can still make the spending cuts deeper to restore much-needed “fiscal sanity” to government. “I’m committed to getting this bill done – I believe every Republican I know wants to get this bill done – but we also will want to create some fiscal sanity,” Scott, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, told Sunday…

Johnson to Senate fiscal hawks: Will take ‘more than a flip of a switch’ to fix US finance

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended the House-passed spending package in an interview that aired Sunday while lauding the bill’s unprecedented cuts.  President Trump has endorsed the legislation, which would add $4 trillion to the national debt.  “We have $36 trillion in federal debt. But it’s important to remember that we did not get into... The post Johnson to Senate fiscal hawks: Will take ‘more than a flip of a switch’ to fix US fina…