Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Newsmax on Thursday that he’s “not particularly optimistic” that Congress will pass the budget bill under consideration in the House by the July 4 deadline Republicans set for themselves.

House Republicans are still negotiating a wide-ranging budget bill that GOP leaders in the lower chamber hope to pass by Memorial Day, allowing the Senate about a month to review the bill before voting on it in the upper chamber.

Johnson, during an interview on “Wake Up America,” was asked if he was confident the spending bill could be passed on time.

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