Ron Johnson is voting for the One Big Beautiful Bill

It's now apparent that Democrats are fighting a losing fight against President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. Thanks to Ron Johnson's change in how he'll vote, Republicans should now have the votes to pass the bill. NPR is reporting "Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin says he voted to advance President Trump's tax and spending bill after being "satisfied" with President Trump's commitment to reduce federal spending. That gives Republicans at least 51 votes, which is the magic number for passage.

Lisa Murkowski can't vote against the bill because there's too many oil and natural gas provisions in the bill. Voting against oil and natural gas interests in Alaska is like voting against the Packers in Wisconsin or voting against hog farmers in Iowa. It's political suicide.

NPR isa also reporting that "Johnson, who originally voted no, cast the deciding vote late Saturday to advance debate on the nearly 1,000-page bill that includes $4 trillion in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and expanded work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP." Ron Johnsaon was on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show this afternoon. Check it out:

In an interview with Morning Edition, Johnson said he discussed spending levels with Trump and his staff and that they are "committed" to getting federal spending back to a "reasonable pre-pandemic" level. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-SD, says he hopes to pass the Senate's massive tax and spending bill this week. If he succeeds, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., (L), will have to sell the bill to holdouts in his own party if he hopes to meet President Trump's goal of signing the bill on July 4.

The Senate is voting on amendments to the GOP megabill. Here's what's in it Johnson criticized the $1.9 trillion average annual deficit during former President Joe Biden's time in office, according to the Treasury Department, which included increased spending in response to the COVID-19 emergency. "I can't accept that as the new normal. I realize we can't do it all in one bill, not even close," Johnson said.

At some point, Democrats will give up. They've been up all night since Friday night. With the number of older senators in the Democrat caucus, they'vew got to be getting exhausted. It'd be one thing if the outcome was still in doubt but that ship has sailed.