Trump lashed out against Tillis on his social media platform and to the press and threatened to field primary challengers. Tillis announced on Saturday that he would not seek reelection. Paul, a staunch advocate for keeping spending and the debt ceiling in check, posted on X that he wanted the bill to include a 90% reduction in the ceiling.

Every senator from both sides of the state line supported the bill, which the Republican president dubbed his “big, beautiful bill.” The legislation narrowly passed the U.S. Senate on a vote of 51 to 50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote.

Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” Connecticut’s senators are warning that the legislation would be a “health care catastrophe” for Connecticut and take an ax to other safety net programs. After 11th-hour negotiations to secure support from holdouts,