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Story by Julia Johnson

Republicans in the Senate reacted to President Biden’s $7.3 trillion 2025 budget request on Monday, criticizing it as a “liberal wish list” and “reckless.”

Biden’s requested budget was revealed on Monday, detailing his plan to raise taxes on corporations and high earners, as well as his desire to deliver additional aid to Ukraine. 

“Prices keep going up, interest rates keep going up, and taxes keep going up, but President Biden wants to add another $6.4 trillion in debt over the next four years with more reckless, inflation-fueling spending,” Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., slammed the budget in a statement. 

The U.S. national debt is currently just under $34.5 trillion, according to the latest numbers published by the Treasury Department.

“Prices keep going up, interest rates keep going up, and taxes keep going up, but President Biden wants to add another $6.4 trillion in debt over the next four years with more reckless, inflation-fueling spending,” Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., slammed the budget in a statement. 

The U.S. national debt is currently just under $34.5 trillion, according to the latest numbers published by the Treasury Department.

According to Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Biden’s “MASSIVE new taxes on the job creators that make & sell what families need” will cause prices to increase. 

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., claimed Biden’s budget doubled down on Biden’s inability to relate to Americans. 

“There is no serious plan to secure the border, address crime, lower energy prices, or save seniors from an automatic 24% Social Security benefit cut once the program goes insolvent. This is a failure of leadership,” he said in a statement.

“Joe Biden’s budget is not only over a trillion dollars more than what he asked for last year, it mixes in a mishmash of liberal wish list items, programs, and $5 trillion in tax increases while completely disregarding the needs of struggling Americans,” echoed Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.

He explained, “The United States took in around $4.5 trillion in revenue in 2023, and now Biden wants to spend just over $7.2 trillion.” Schmitt emphasized that the country is already “$35 trillion in debt,” calling the budget request “irresponsible and insane.”

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., claimed the multi-trillion dollar budget is “to fund a radical wish list spearheaded by the far left.”

Biden’s budget will project “weakness to every corner of the globe,” per Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. He slammed the president for again proposing cuts to defense spending at a pivotal time with several wars going on around the world.