{"id":2445686,"date":"2025-06-11T05:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-dismiss-claim-that-trumps-tariffs-will-pay-for-his-tax-bill\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T05:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:24:35","slug":"republicans-dismiss-claim-that-trumps-tariffs-will-pay-for-his-tax-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-dismiss-claim-that-trumps-tariffs-will-pay-for-his-tax-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans dismiss claim that Trump&#8217;s tariffs will pay for his tax bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-dismiss-claim-that-trumps-tariffs-will-pay-for-his-tax-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2445686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican senators are disputing the Biden governance&#8217;s claim that extending President Trump&#8217;s tax cuts could be funded through increased tariff revenues. Senators like Rand Paul and Ron Johnson argue that relying on tariff income is untrustworthy and doesn&#8217;t alleviate concerns over potential increases to the national debt,which may result from Trump&#8217;s tax and spending proposal. They note that tariffs are characterized as temporary measures and face legal uncertainties, raising doubts about their reliability as a source of revenue. Republicans express skepticism towards the administration&#8217;s messaging regarding the fiscal implications of the proposed policies, advocating rather for spending cuts to address the growing deficit.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans dismiss White House claim that Trump&rsquo;s tariffs will pay for his tax bill<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2141711\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican senators are rejecting the White House argument that extending President Donald Trump&rsquo;s tax cuts can be paid for with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tariff revenue\">tariff revenue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The administration&rsquo;s notion of offsetting tax cuts with a tax increase via tariffs, paid by U.S. consumers, is a conflicting one that&rsquo;s complicating the White House&rsquo;s messaging as it works to win over holdouts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/videos\/3437266\/inside-scoop-trump-musk-breakup-ukraine-drones-food-dye-rfk-jr\/\">Inside Scoop: Trump-Musk breakup, game of drones, artificial food dye fight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3437862\/republican-senators-criticize-250th-anniversary-army-parade\/\">Two Republican senators criticize upcoming 250th anniversary Army parade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3437833\/southern-baptist-convention-vote-supreme-court-reverse-same-sex-marriage-ruling\/\">Southern Baptists vote to call on Supreme Court to reverse same-sex marriage ruling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-turnout-in-frances-high-stakes-elections-as-support-for-the-far-right-grows-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Strong turnout in France\u2019s high-stakes elections as support for the far right grows - Washington Examiner\">people don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t believe that,&rdquo; Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rand Paul\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY), a staunch opponent of Trump&rsquo;s tax and spending bill, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I see no evidence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The strategy also fails to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >assuage skeptical fiscal hawks&#038;rsquo<\/a>; concerns that passing Trump&rsquo;s sprawling domestic policy measure would add trillions of dollars to the national debt.<\/p>\n<p>The White House&rsquo;s position is undercut by its own claims that the tariffs are temporary, Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3421931\/trump-delays-tariff-eu-after-call-with-von-der-leyen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"meandering tariff agenda\">meandering tariff agenda<\/a> that&rsquo;s been repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3427221\/trump-doubles-tariffs-steel-coming-into-us-from-25-to-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"meandering tariff agenda\">changed <\/a>or postponed, and the mounting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3424789\/us-court-of-international-trade-trump-tariffs-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"meandering tariff agenda\">legal threats<\/a> to the emergency power invoked by the president to impose them. According to Trump and his deputies, the tariffs are set to end once foreign trade deals are struck.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always thought the tariffs were put in place for a specific purpose,&rdquo; Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said. &ldquo;Generally, I&rsquo;ve not considered that to be a reliable source of revenue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Paul, whose opposition centers on the bill&rsquo;s provision to raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion, sees the real question as &ldquo;whether or not the country should increase its credit line.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other Senate Republicans were equally cynical of the White House&rsquo;s stance.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who, like Paul, is a fierce critic of the proposal, characterized the math over tariffs revenue as &ldquo;problematic&rdquo; that could be &ldquo;decided by the court.&rdquo; His remarks to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> came just minutes after a meeting at the Capitol with Vice President JD Vance about the broader legislation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), right, and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), left, listen during a news conference, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the other side of the Capitol, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt met with House Republicans on messaging strategies for the megabill that the chamber passed last month. <\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/06\/mythbuster-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-cuts-spending-deficit-and-thats-a-fact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">insists<\/a> that Trump&rsquo;s tax and spending bill, which is making its way through Congress and is called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, would reduce the deficit from economic growth that scorekeepers such as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office don&rsquo;t consider. The CBO&rsquo;s 10-year forecast predicts the legislation would add $2.4 trillion to the debt from extending Trump&rsquo;s first-term tax cuts set to expire this year. Separately, the CBO estimated Trump&rsquo;s tariffs would increase revenue and decrease the deficit by $2.8 trillion over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>However, the CBO also projected slowed economic growth and higher inflation from tariffs. Budget wonks have cited challenges in estimating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-suggests-pregnant-women-vaccinated-for-covid-19-may-pass-on-antibodies-to-infants\/\" title=\"Study Suggests Pregnant Women Vaccinated For COVID-19 May Pass On Antibodies To Infants\">long-term effects<\/a> of a policy that Trump has repeatedly altered and delayed at rates ranging from 10% to 50%.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s tariffs are also on shaky legal ground after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-target-trumps-tariffs-economic-plans-in-major-jeopardy\/\" title=\"... Target Trump\u2019s ..., Economic Plans in Major Jeopardy\">trade court ruled<\/a> he exceeded his authority.<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference last week in the Oval Office with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that the CBO would score the bill as providing a budget surplus &ldquo;if you include the tariff revenue, which they won&rsquo;t do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump followed up, &ldquo;It gives you tremendous surplus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, there seemed to be little, if any, agreement from conservatives who often cite concerns about spending levels and the national debt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since I don&rsquo;t have a full understanding or appreciation of where the tariffs are going to land,&rdquo; Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) added, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not willing to abandon looking at other savings that can help offset the projections for making the tax cuts permanent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who wants Congress to return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-racing-to-pass-appropriations-bills-to-avoid-continuing-resolution-and-shutdown\/\" title=\"House rushing to approve appropriations bills to prevent CR and shutdown.\">pre-pandemic spending levels<\/a> in the face of a ballooning deficit, said the focus should be on making deeper spending cuts because tariff revenue was too uncertain.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3424789\/us-court-of-international-trade-trump-tariffs-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">COURT BLOCKS &lsquo;LIBERATION DAY&rsquo; TARIFFS, TRUMP APPEALS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t really rely on $3 trillion worth of tariff revenue,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;I want to focus on spending, because I don&rsquo;t want to keep funding the deep state at President Biden&rsquo;s level.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), another deficit hawk, noted there&rsquo;s &ldquo;no projection out there that says we&rsquo;re going to get to a balanced budget,&rdquo; even with tariffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2141711\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2141711\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans reject White House claim that Trump&#8217;s tariffs will fund tax cuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2445687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rand-paul-ron-johnson.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[9168,3756,50406,54252,3634],"class_list":["post-2445686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-economy","tag-republicans","tag-tariffs-2","tag-tax-bill","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rand-paul-ron-johnson.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445690,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445686\/revisions\/2445690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2445687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}