WASHINGTON, D.C. (WRN) — President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget has passed a Senate vote with help from Wisconsin’s previously opposed Republican Senator.
After signaling his disapproval with President Trump’s “Big Beautiful” budget measure for several weeks, Senator Ron Johnson voted it forward on Friday night. The vote was procedural, and it only barely passed the chamber after two other Republicans voted against it.
Johnson had repeatedly said he was against the bill on the grounds it cut too much and would still increase the federal deficit by billions of dollars.
The Senate may bring the bill to the floor for a full vote for the bill before July 4th.