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Sen. Johnson: Enough senators demand $6.5T spending cap to block budget bill

Senator Ron Johnson · Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview · May 25, 2025 · at 34:50

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson discusses Republican Senate negotiations and conditions for passing the budget reconciliation bill on The All-In Podcast.

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“Right now the hard number accepted by and expected by a lot of senators, enough to not pass this until we achieve it, is 6.5 trillion dollars in spending in 2026.”

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The claim, plainly

Enough U.S. senators are committed to capping FY2026 federal spending at $6.5 trillion that they will block the budget reconciliation bill from passing without that cap.

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Assessment

Senator Ron Johnson claimed that enough Senate members were committed to capping FY2026 federal spending at $6.5 trillion that they would block any budget reconciliation bill from passing without that cap. However, Congress passed multiple budget reconciliation bills for FY2026 that lacked any $6.5 trillion spending cap. Specifically, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) passed in July 2025 and was signed into law, and the Secure America Act (S.2) passed in June 2026 (with Senator Johnson voting Yea) and was signed into law, both while FY2026 federal spending remained projected at around $7.0 trillion.

July 4, 2025: President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law after passing the Senate 51-50, containing no total annual spending cap limiting FY2026 outlays to $6.5 trillion.
June 10, 2026: President Trump signed S.2 (Reconciliation 2.0) into law after passing the Senate 52-47 with Senator Ron Johnson voting Yea, without incorporating a $6.5 trillion spending cap.

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