Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Wednesday that continuing Washington’s current spending trajectory could saddle the country with an additional $26 trillion in debt over the next decade.
House Republicans called on Senate lawmakers Tuesday to pass the Trump administration’s $9.4 billion rescissions package before Friday’s deadline. During an appearance on “Bannon’s War Room,” Tuberville said he doubted whether the Senate could move it forward.
“So much fraud up here and corruption. It’s amazing, but they don’t want to cut anything. And we’ve had one, I think maybe 25 years ago, there was one,” Tuberville said. “President Reagan tried one back in 1981. I think he got 15 billion done back then.”
Tuberville said that without meaningful spending cuts, the United States risks adding $26 trillion to the national debt during the next 10 years.
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“But at the end of the day, we didn’t really cut anything. And after that, if we stay status quo for the next 10 years, we’ll spend $26 trillion more. And add that to this $37 trillion in debt we’re already in, and it will be over with,” Tuberville told host Steve Bannon. “Our country will not be what it was in the last 249 years.”
Bannon asked if the rescissions package could pass before the deadline. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Tommy Tuberville Unveils Bill To Protect Women’s Sports At Military Academies)
“Yeah, there’s got to be a better way to do this because, like I said, just 9 billion is like pulling teeth. And we voted for 30 hours straight on the Senate floor to get the Big, Beautiful Bill passed,” Tuberville said. “And Murkowski, she hung in there all night. And she eventually voted for it. Then she regretted it. So I don’t think we’ll get another vote out of her.”
Tuberville said Senate Republicans remain sharply divided over the rescissions package, with only a slim bloc willing to confront what he described as the growing influence of the deep state.
“You know, I’m surprised [Republican Sen. Thom] Tillis [of North Carolina] voted for this. I didn’t think he would, but McConnell voted against this. Collins voted against it. So at the end of the day, Steve, we’re between a rock and a hard place. We’ve basically got 49 to 50 people that really want to do something about the deep state and the bad situation that we’re in,” Tuberville said.
The Senate moved President Donald Trump’s $9 billion spending rollback forward Tuesday night after Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 deadlock. Three Republicans senators — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky — sided with Democrats to oppose the measure, leaving Senate Majority Leader John Thune with just days to push it across the finish line.
Senate Republicans and the White House removed a $400 million cut to global AIDS relief from the rescissions plan Tuesday to win over moderates like Collins. Despite the concession, Collins still opposed moving the revised package forward.
If Congress misses Friday’s deadline, the administration must spend the $9 billion in question. The House will need to vote again on the package after the Senate removed cuts to global HIV/AIDS relief, which four House Republicans previously opposed.
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