Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) lamented the deficit spending in the GOP's "big, beautiful" spending package but framed the issue as a necessary compromise to avoid having to negotiate with Democrats.

“I don’t want to have any deficit spending. But what I’m trying to suggest to you is that we are stuck in a paradigm where we have to pass this ourselves,” Sessions told CNN’s John Berman in an interview Thursday morning.

The Texas Republican said he conceded on demands from a handful of Republicans representing blue-leaning states who pushed to raise the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions. He added, “It’s a balance there.”

“What we’re trying to do is balance out where the American people get jobs and job creation. We really don’t want to see people just leave these blue states beca

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