Who Will Replace Lindsey Graham as Senate Budget Chair? COVID Vaccine Critic Ron Johnson Is Next in Line

Ron Johnson Poised To Take Lindsey Graham’s Senate Budget Role, But The Position Comes With A Major Reconciliation Battle Ahead (Credit: Graham Photo by usembassykyiv, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Johnson photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is expected to take over the Senate Budget Committee chair after the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, placing the Republican senator at the centre of major spending and reconciliation debates in Congress.

Johnson, who is in his third term, is next in line among Senate Republicans to claim the powerful committee position, although his appointment will still need approval from the Republican Conference and the full Senate.