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Senate Republican: ‘We can’t afford’ $2,000 tariff checks
Sen. Ron Johnson warns that using new tariff revenue for $2,000 checks would worsen the $2 trillion deficit and urges focusing on deficit reduction instead.
- On Monday, Sen. Ron Johnson said the U.S. cannot afford President Donald Trump's plan to send adults $2,000 payments funded by tariff revenue in a Fox Business interview.
- Earlier this month, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social the government would give $2,000 to Americans next year and last week urged Congress to act quickly.
- Johnson, a member of the Senate Budget and Finance committees, argued potential tariff revenue should reduce the deficit amid the United States' $38.3 trillion debt.
- Administration conflict emerged as Republicans publicly disagreed, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent contradicting the $2,000 checks proposal while Sen. Ron Johnson criticized it last week.
- Observers noted tariffs the payments aim to offset are estimated to cost households thousands a year and coincide with rising premiums and loss of Medicaid coverage, contrasting a lavish White House dinner attended by CEOs and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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