President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” required a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance in order to pass in the Senate on Tuesday due to three GOP defectors. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME),

Trump lashed out against Tillis on his social media platform and to the press and threatened to field primary challengers. Tillis announced on Saturday that he would not seek reelection. Paul, a staunch advocate for keeping spending and the debt ceiling in check, posted on X that he wanted the bill to include a 90% reduction in the ceiling.