Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) warned of friction between the Senate and the House of Representatives over enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda, specifically if there is no commitment to return to a “pre-pandemic level” of spending.
Johnson noted his desire that the president fulfill his vision for the nation and suggested one way this could be accomplished is to “codify” the savings the Department of Government Efficiency is finding in the government. He contended that “monthly rescission packages” ought to be pocketed, citing how so much of the government’s mandatory spending has drastically gone up since 2019.
“I mean, there’s not even a process to look at and understand what the government spends in total,” Johnson said on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. “All we do is appropriate the discretionary amount, which is about 24% of our budget right now. Again, no business could survive, and that’s why, you know, we’re literally margining our children’s future, and we’re $36.4 trillion in debt. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to address this. This is our moment. We must get serious about returning spending to a pre-pandemic level.”
The Wisconsin senator then questioned how many Republicans have called attention to the nation’s “spending problem,” as well as those who have asked to properly address this. He added that a process needs to be implemented on how to “expose” wasteful spending and how to eliminate it, again pointing to DOGE’s government work.
Johnson was then asked about Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY) prediction on how Trump’s vision for the nation will be fulfilled by just one bill, to which he contended this could be accomplished so long as the nation’s “spending” is properly addressed. However, if Congress continues to “ignore” this, it is unlikely that results will be produced ahead of Congress’s Easter break.
TRUMP CALLS ON HOUSE TO PASS DC FUNDING ‘FIX’ TO SPENDING DEAL FREEZE
One major issue the United States, specifically Wisconsin, is dealing with this upcoming week is the election for the state’s Supreme Court race, which is set to be held on Tuesday. Johnson urged the approximately 1.7 million Wisconsin voters who voted for Trump need to get out and vote for Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel if they want to see Trump govern effectively, joking that a potential redistricting by the state’s “liberal court” could lead to another impeachment hearing for Trump.
Trump has similarly advocated for Schimel ahead of Tuesday’s election, citing how “the whole country’s watching” this Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Ahead of Election Day, almost 500,000 votes have been cast between Schimel and Dane County Judge Susan Crawford.
