Republican Senator Rand Paul, who voted against the Big and Beautiful bill during the Senate vote, said on social media, "I worked through the night throughout the vote to stop Congress from increasing our debt. I met with Vice President Vance and reiterated my offer to vote for a 90 percent debt ceiling reduction." "I'm fighting for the American people against our out-of-control debt." Musk left a message of "amazing" (Bravo) to express his support for Paul.