Deputy White House press secretary Harrison Fields told Newsmax on Thursday that the Senate must pass the wide-ranging bill supporting President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda and hit out at “grandstanders” in the GOP who are pushing against it.

The Senate is currently considering the Republican tax bill that narrowly passed the House last month. With Democrats expected to vote against the legislation, Republicans can only afford to lose three senators to pass the bill with a tie breaking vote by the vice president.

Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., have all come out against the bill, citing concerns about raising the national debt.

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