Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., learned firsthand what White House pressure feels like for a Republican lawmaker expressing reluctance to approving President Donald Trump’s “one, big, beautiful bill.”

Johnson, who told Newsmax that the legislation codifies the sharp increase in budget deficits during and immediately after the pandemic, and does not bring them down to pre-COVID-19 levels, had a recent one-on-one phone call with the president.

The senator had been pitching to remove all of Trump’s new tax priorities from the bill and instead focus the legislation exclusively on extending expiring tax cuts from 2017, cutting spending and raising the debt ceiling, The New York Times reported.

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