The drawn-out negotiations over President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act are giving fiscal hawks more time to build the case that it will just add to the nation’s oppressive $37 trillion debt, a potential threat to passage.

While the administration and GOP leaders have been making the case that the tax and spending legislation will lower the debt, an overwhelming 84% of likely voters said that they are concerned about the national debt.

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And, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Washington Secrets on Wednesday, voters by a 2:1 margin believe that the bill will simply add to that debt.

The bill was passed by House Republicans and is in front of the Senate. Republican leaders hope to pass it out of the chamber by July 4, when House and Senate negotiators would meld one bill.

But the delay in pushing it through is providing time for foes to point out the potential for a debt explosion if many of the spending provisions make it through the grinder.

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The Washington Examiner’s Zach Halaschak reported Wednesday that the White House is pushing back on debt concerns with a new analysis that claims the bill will cut the debt by $2.3 trillion through economic growth.

Prior polls have shown that many voters, especially MAGA, are willing to trust Trump and the White House, but the mood shift is visible in the latest Rasmussen survey.