Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has said President Donald Trump cannot intimidate him on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s spending levels, vowing to institute even more cuts to spending in the Senate revision to come before July 4.

“I think we have enough to stop the process until the president gets serious about spending reduction and reducing the deficit,” Johnson, no relation to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

Ron Johnson has been a vocal fiscal hawk speaking out against the House’s version of the bill, saying it still spends too much: “The big, beautiful bill; I think that’s the Titanic.”

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