Speaker Mike Johnson rejected concerns that the "big, beautiful bill" will add to the federal deficit. He called deficit forecasts from the Congressional Budget Office "dramatically overstated." The sweeping package narrowly passed the House last week and now heads to the Senate.

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson explained why he is not impressed by the "One Big, Beautiful" budget reconciliation bill that Republicans passed this week in the House, during an interview Sunday on CNN/ "The first goal of our budget reconciliation process should be to reduce the deficit,