Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy said on Tuesday that he cannot currently vote in favor of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Roy stated in a clip obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation on “I’m Right with Jesse Kelly” that the current version of the legislation is continuing to raise the deficit, fund Medicare for illegal immigrants, hand over taxpayer dollars to fund sex changes for children and restrict Planned Parenthood for a year. The congressman, a member of the House Rules Committee, said that himself and many other Republicans are willing to vote against the bill in its current form.
“The swamp is gonna swamp. And if the administration isn’t willing to lean on everybody and say ‘end this craziness,’ then why am I on the hook to vote for a bill just so I can get some tax cuts and border, which is what I want, but I don’t want all the spending,” Roy said. “Here we are.” (RELATED: Senate GOP Slashes Spending In ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill As Fiscal Hawks Push For More Cuts)
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The Senate narrowly passed the legislation in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie. Roy stated that the legislation will likely not pass the House of Representatives without making significant changes.
“I think there’s a significant number of House Republicans who do not believe that they can vote for this bill. I currently am one of those,” Roy said. “I’m reading the bill, I’m looking at the bill while we’re sitting there and trying to see what the changes are. I’m always open to see if there’s something that I’m missing or don’t understand. But, I look at the bill and I say ‘does it increase deficits?’ Will we issue more bonds and more debts as a result of this bill? I think we will.”
Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine all voted against Trump’s legislation. Tillis announced his retirement just hours after Trump threatened to back a potential primary challenger as a result of his opposition to the bill.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on May 22 that Trump plans to challenge Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio for voting against the original version of the bill in June.
“The swamp is gonna swamp. And if the administration isn’t willing lean on everybody and say ‘end this craziness,’ then why am I on the hook to vote for a bill just so I can get some tax cuts and border, which is what I want, but I don’t want all the spending,” Roy said. “Here we are.”
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The Senate narrowly passed the legislation in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie. Roy stated that the legislation will likely not pass the House of Representatives without making significant changes.
“I think there’s a significant number of House Republicans who do not believe that they can vote for this bill. I currently am one of those,” Roy said. “I’m reading the bill, I’m looking at the bill while we’re sitting there and trying to see what the changes are. I’m always open to see if there’s something that I’m missing or don’t understand. But, I look at the bill and I say ‘does it increase deficits?’ Will we issue more bonds and more debts as a result of this bill? I think we will.”
Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine all voted against Trump’s legislation. Tillis announced his retirement just hours after Trump threatened to back a potential primary challenger as a result of his opposition to the bill.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on May 22 that Trump plans to challenge Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio for voting against the original version of the bill in June.
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