As the “big, beautiful bill” was slogging toward a final Senate vote, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took the Senate floor to rail against the legislation package’s additions to the deficit.

“In deciding whether to vote for the 'big, not-so-beautiful bill,' I ask a very specific question: Will the deficit be more, or less, next year?” Paul asked, ticking through various estimates of how much the bill would cost.

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