Moody's downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating has elicited mixed responses among Republicans in Congress, with some questioning the motive behind the change and others depicting it as a warning that lawmakers should heed as they wrestle with a sweeping tax and budget bill.

"We don't need 'GRANDSTANDERS' in the Republican Party. STOP TALKING ... the full repeal of green energy tax cuts implemented by Democrats. As written, the bill would add trillions of dollars ...

The House GOP campaign arm is targeting Democrats holding politically risky seats for opposing the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."

Others could see their monthly benefits reduced if the bill were to become law, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

There are certain elected officials who appear to have a certain orange hue about them," one Democrat scoffed at a tanning provision later stripped from the bill.

The GOP’s budget bill exposes Trump’s ‘working-class party’ rhetoric as phony. It also gives Democrats a massive health care opportunity.