Stated position

Vowed to withhold his vote for the 2025 Republican reconciliation bill (the 'One Big Beautiful Bill') unless it returned federal spending to a reasonable, pre-pandemic level with a process to achieve and maintain it.

Stated position. What this official has said they believe on this issue — a sourced claim, shown distinctly from any assessment of what they did. It is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.

Derived from a tracked promise: “Vowed to withhold his vote for the 2025 Republican reconciliation bill (the 'One Big Beautiful Bill') unless it returned federal spending to…”

Sources

Office of U.S. Senator Ron Johnsonhttps://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/5/the-ugly-truth-about-the-big-beautiful-bill/ec8572fe-b75b-4ffa-ac7b-850210b1957b ↗
“I'm not particularly optimistic right now, because at those spending levels, I'm not going to vote for it.”
Wisconsin Public Radiohttps://www.wpr.org/news/opposition-trump-big-beautiful-budget-bill-us-sen-ron-johnson-votes-yes ↗
“they've satisfied my requirement, which was a commitment to a reasonable, pre-pandemic level of spending and a process to achieve and maintain it.”