Senator Johnson proposes extending current tax law and 1-year debt ceiling extension
Senator Ron Johnson · Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview · May 25, 2025 · at 17:37
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) outlines his alternative multi-step legislative strategy instead of a single budget reconciliation package.
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“Provide the border funding. I would just extend current tax law. I mean, I would have voted for that if we would have been smart enough to use current policy back then. We wouldn't be even having this conversation. Extend current tax law. It takes an automatic massive tax increase off the table. Increase the debt ceiling enough for a year. To keep pressure on the process, to do the work, to go line by line, expose spending.”
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