Senator Johnson: Republicans advocating zero-based budgeting won't accept $5.5T baseline
Senator Ron Johnson · Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview · May 25, 2025 · at 17:10
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) discusses baseline federal spending and budget negotiations in Congress on The All-In Podcast.
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“You've always heard these Republican members of Congress running for office saying we're going to go to zero based budget. They're not even willing to go to 5.5 to 6.5 level baseline of budget.”
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