Freshman Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) will oppose the spending agreement negotiated last week, telling his constituents via a message on his website that he believes the measure failed to cut enough spending.
“I made a commitment to support the House in its pledge to cut $100 billion from the budget – a budget that should have been passed last year, when Democrats controlled both Houses of Congress and the presidency,” he said. “I did so because I believe it was important to take that first step in enacting real spending cuts. This is the first CR that does not achieve that level of spending reduction. As a result, I will vote no when this CR comes before the Senate.”
Johnson added that “We can do better; we must do better,” and called for hard spending caps, a demand that many Republicans are expected to push for as part of a vote to raise the debt ceiling.
