Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said he's expecting a fight over a budget reconciliation bill. House Republicans, he said, are pushing a plan with $95 billion in proposed spending without cuts elsewhere. 

Johnson, who will take over as chair of the Senate Budget Committee following Sen. Lindsey Graham's death, will inherit the management of the budget reconciliation process that Republicans intended to use to avoid Democratic opposition to their newest legislative proposals, Politico reported. 

Johnson told Politico Wednesday that he's been a committed deficit hawk and other members of the committee will also demand the offsets. 

The House and Senate Budget committees' work advances the fiscal outlines that pave the way for party-line reconciliation bills, and Johnson could use his new position to force changes to the House proposal. This could create friction with Senate Majority Leader John Thune who has said that cuts to health care or other needed programs could leave some members vulnerable just before midterms. 

Johnson said that Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the White House will have to contend with the demands for offsets.