Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy said on Tuesday that he cannot currently vote in favor of President Donald Trumpās ābig, beautiful bill.ā
Roy stated in a clip obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation on āIām Right with Jesse Kellyā 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.
āThe swamp is gonna swamp. And if the administration isnāt willing to lean on everybody and say āend this craziness,ā 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 donāt want all the spending,ā Roy said. āHere we are.ā (RELATED: Senate GOP Slashes Spending In āBig, Beautifulā 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.
āI think thereās a significant number of House Republicans who do not believe that they can vote for this bill. I currently am one of those,ā Roy said. āIām reading the bill, Iām looking at the bill while weāre sitting there and trying to see what the changes are. Iām always open to see if thereās something that Iām missing or donāt understand. But, I look at the bill and I say ādoes it increase deficits?ā Will we issue more bonds and more debts as a result of this bill? I think we will.ā
Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine all voted against Trumpās 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.
āThe swamp is gonna swamp. And if the administration isnāt willing lean on everybody and say āend this craziness,ā 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 donāt want all the spending,ā Roy said. āHere we are.ā
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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.
āI think thereās a significant number of House Republicans who do not believe that they can vote for this bill. I currently am one of those,ā Roy said. āIām reading the bill, Iām looking at the bill while weāre sitting there and trying to see what the changes are. Iām always open to see if thereās something that Iām missing or donāt understand. But, I look at the bill and I say ādoes it increase deficits?ā Will we issue more bonds and more debts as a result of this bill? I think we will.ā
Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine all voted against Trumpās 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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