Titanic-sinker or GOP ‘salesman’? A Senate fiscal hawk grabs a critical gavel

Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican known for fiscal conservatism, is set to chair the Senate Budget Committee following Lindsey Graham's death. He faces challenges reconciling intra-party disputes over a reconciliation bill to fund the Iran war and parts of the SAVE America Act, balancing his deficit-reduction agenda with leadership's need to secure support ahead of midterms.