With Senate Republican leadership hoping to send its version of the GOP budget reconciliation bill back to the House for final approval before Friday of this week, there remain a few potential holdouts in the House of Representatives to getting the bill signed by the president by the July 4 deadline. 

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has already said he will not support the Senate budget bill in its current iteration. The Kentucky congressman has cited the bill’s projected effects on deficit spending, which could potentially increase the national debt by as much as $3.8 trillion over the next 10 years, as a major reason for his opposition to the bill.

The bill would also raise the debt ceiling by the largest amount ever specified in history: $4 trillion in the House bill and $5 trillion in the Senate version. Massie has said he could potentially support a budget bill that focused on MAGA agenda priorities without blowing out the national debt. But that would involve splitting the current budget bill that was passed in the House and amended in the Senate into two distinct pieces of legislation. 

Lest ye blame the Senate, watch the House now vote for the lobotomized version 2.0 BBB........

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