Still a no: Rand Paul says $5T debt increase in 'Big, Beautiful Bill' a deal-breaker

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said the indebtedness bounds summation included successful the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is inactive a deal-breaker for him, saying it goes against blimpish values, contempt discussions with President Donald Trump astir his concerns. 

Paul told reporters connected Monday that the measure volition summation the indebtedness ceiling by $5 trillion, the largest indebtedness summation successful the U.S.

"We person ne'er raised the indebtedness ceiling without really gathering that target," helium said. "So you tin accidental it doesn't straight adhd to the debt, but if you summation the ceiling $5 trillion, you'll conscionable that. And what it does is it puts it disconnected the back-burner. And past we won't sermon it for a twelvemonth oregon two."

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, connected Monday said helium is inactive opposed to President Donald Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill Act contempt discussions with him.  (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"So I deliberation it's a unspeakable thought to bash this," helium added. 

Paul said helium spoke with Trump astir his concerns implicit the authorities during a "lengthy discussion," but that Trump "did astir of the talking." 

"I've told him I can't enactment the measure if they're together," Paul said. "If they were to abstracted retired and instrumentality the, indebtedness ceiling disconnected that I precise overmuch could see the remainder of the bill."

Paul noted that Congress voted to proceed spending to avert a authorities shutdown. 

"During the campaign, Republicans said they were against Bidennomics and Bidenflation and Biden spending. When March, we renewed the Biden's spending levels," Paul said. "So the spending levels we unrecorded nether present are Biden-GOP spending levels. They've each travel into agreement."

"But travel the extremity of September, erstwhile our fiscal twelvemonth ends, the shortage is going to beryllium $2.2 trillion. That's conscionable not conservative," helium added. "They're borrowing 5 trillion. That means they're anticipating the pursuing twelvemonth being implicit 2 trillion arsenic well. So it's conscionable not a blimpish happening to do."

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks with reporters May 22 successful the U.S. Capitol aft the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc )

Over the weekend, Trump warned Paul would beryllium "playing close into the hands of the Democrats" if helium votes against the bill.

"If Senator Rand Paul votes against our Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, helium is voting for, on with the Radical Left Democrats, a 68% Tax Increase and, possibly adjacent much importantly, a archetypal clip ever default connected U.S. Debt," helium wrote connected his Truth Social platform. 

"Rand volition beryllium playing close into the hands of the Democrats, and the GREAT radical of Kentucky volition ne'er forgive him! The GROWTH we are experiencing, positive immoderate cost-cutting aboriginal on, volition lick ALL problems. America volition beryllium greater than ever before!" helium added. 

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Next week, Senate Republicans volition get their crook to spell done the measure and are eying changes that could beryllium a hard merchantability for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.