Senator Ron Johnson hits Trump tax bill, says there are 'enough' Republican votes to 'stop the process'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON − Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, slammed a sweeping bill backed by President Donald Trump that poses major consequences for taxes, Medicaid, food stamps and more – and warned there are enough GOP senators ready to block it.

The bill passed in the House by just one vote on May 22. Now, several Republican senators are sounding the alarm over the legislation's price tag. It's expected to add around $3.3 trillion to the nation's deficit over the next 10 years and swell the federal government's debt.

Johnson predicted in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" that the number of Senate dissenters may be enough to tank the proposal.

"I think we have enough to stop the process until the president gets serious about the spending reduction and reducing the deficit," Johnson said May 25.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-senator-hits-trump-tax-154800954.html

Scary day when I find myself agreeing with Ron John.

[Walleye]

1. Ha, he and three others are going to vote against it? I'll believe it when I see it.

[Ocelot II]

2. He probably thinks there should be more tax breaks for the rich

and more benefit cuts for the poor.

[Wiz Imp]

10. He wants significantly more spending cuts (the tax cuts are absolutely needed in his mind)

But make no mistake, he is serious and he will definitely not vote for the bill that passed the House without significant changes. There is enough opposition to the House bill (though for a variety of reasons) to pretty mich guarantee changes will be made in order to get the 50 votes needed in the Senate. The question remains what those changes will be, and will the resulting bill then be able to pass the House.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. "gets serious about the spending reduction"

That could be read either way. Hatchet some more? Or too damaging to GOP political futures?

[Autumn]

5. He's a republican. He wants deeper cuts. The bill as is doesn't hurt the

poor, disabled and elderly enough.

[RockRaven]

4. Given Johnson's record, this bodes poorly for stopping it...

[PJMcK]

6. Sure, Ron. Show us your big-boy pants and stand up to Trump

He'll cave just like they all do.

The bill will pass so we're fucked.

[Wiz Imp]

8. "A" bill will pass. It will be different than the bill passed by the House. Guaranteed.

[PJMcK]

9. Agreed

Yet it will not be beneficial for most Americans.

[Wiz Imp]

11. Right. Whatever passes will be awful..

It remains to be seen if it is a tiny bit less awful than the House or even MORE awful than the House bill.

[Silent Type]

7. The way to get serious is to increase taxes on those in upper percentiles.

[Wiz Imp]

12. Right, but that's not Johnson or Rand Paul's objection

They are completely fine with the tax cuts costing as much as they do. But they want an offset and in their mind the only acceptable way to offset it is to cut more spending - like even deeper Medicaid cuts, Medicare and Social Security cuts.

[Freddie]

13. It's not cruel enough