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Ron Johnson: “We don't have a balanced budget amendment.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview

Published | Video Starts at 14:25

You know, spend what you need to spend. But all other actual outlays in those three years, I increase them by inflation and population, you know, reasonable control. Right. It's what we should have. We don't have a balanced budget amendment. At least we should have some reasonable control over outlays, population growth, inflation would make sense Senator, if we take your math and say that we are headed to, let's … (14:25–14:28)

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Asserts that there is no balanced budget amendment in place.

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