US EditionJohnson insists ‘big, beautiful bill’ will not lead to more US spending
- House Speaker Mike Johnson defended the GOP-backed 'big, beautiful bill' raising the debt ceiling in a Fox News Sunday interview on May 25, 2025.
- The bill's proposal to increase the debt ceiling by $4 to $5 trillion aims to prevent a government default but prompted opposition due to concerns about expanding national debt.
- Kentucky Senator Rand Paul criticized the measure as insufficient in spending cuts and warned it would escalate the deficit and national debt dangerously.
- Paul expressed that he cannot support increasing the debt limit by $5 trillion and described the proposed spending reductions as insufficient, highlighting the budget deficit as a serious national security concern.
- While Johnson argued the debt ceiling increase shows seriousness to creditors and does not add new spending, Paul insisted Republicans must confront mounting debt, otherwise, 'The emperor has no clothes.
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Senator Rand Paul Announces He is a "No Vote" on House Version of Big Beautiful Tax Cut Bill
There are many special interest groups within the House republican party that made the framework of the Big Beautiful tax cut and spending bill a lot less beautiful with smaller spending cuts. The Big Beautiful Bill is now in the Senate, and Senator Rand Paul announced today he is a big “No” on the bill […]
Mike Johnson and Rand Paul Clash Over Budget Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) offered sharply differing views on the GOP-backed budget bill making its way through Congress during separate interviews on Fox News Sunday. Paul criticized the bill’s spending cuts as “wimpy and anemic,” warning that the legislation would “explode the debt.” A longtime fiscal hawk, Paul said he’ll vote against the measure, which narrowly passed the House last week. “The deficit is a…
Sen. Paul: Big Beautiful Bill Spending Cuts ‘Wimpy and Anemic’
Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday he supported President Donald Trump’s tax cuts in 2017 and still supports making them permanent, but he thinks spending cuts currently in his “big beautiful bill” are “wimpy and anemic” and he will not vote for a Senate version of the bill that could raise the nation’s debt by as much as $5 trillion. “I still would support the bill, even with wimpy and anemic cuts, if they weren’t going to explode the debt,” the Kentu…
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