ASK YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TO OPPOSE THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET
ACTION: Please contact your U.S. Representative NOW and ask them to do everything they can to stop the draconian Republican budget bill. The House will be voting soon on the bill passed by the Senate, which has even bigger cuts to Medicaid and food assistance than the original, horrible House budget. In addition to spending cuts that will harm millions of Americans and tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations, it includes many other very harmful provisions.
(Note: If you find this message too long to read, please just skim the bolded portions. Thanks for reading and acting!)
The Republican budget the Senate just passed is now back in the House as it has significant differences from the bill the House originally passed. Please act NOW as the House will be voting soon. As you probably know, this budget bill makes big spending cuts in a range of government programs and services due to the need to offset some of the lost revenue from the big tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations. Nonetheless, the federal budget deficit will increase by over $300 billion a year. Overall, rich Americans would gain around $12,000 a year from the tax cuts, while the poorest families would lose about $1,600 on average from program cuts.
The vote in the Senate was 50 to 50, so Vice President Vance voted to break the tie and pass the bill 51 to 50. Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, switch her “Yes” vote on the procedural preliminary vote to a “No” vote. Thanks to all of you who contacted her!! All Democrats and Republican Senators Tillis (NC) and Rand (KY) also voted against the budget bill. The bill includes a number of special benefits for Alaska to buy the vote of Alaska Senator Murkowski. (See this post from The American Prospect for highlights of the bill and what was done to buy Murkowski’s vote.)
Repeating what was in my previous post, here are some key things the Republicans’ proposed budget would do (among the many harmful provisions in the bill): [1] [2] [3]
Take health care away from roughly 12 million Americans by cutting spending on Medicaid by $930 billion over ten years. Medicaid provides health insurance for millions of low-income families, including students and families of low-paid and unemployed workers. It also covers nursing home care for millions of seniors and health care for disabled individuals. This cut, combined with cuts to the Affordable Care Act and Medicare, will reduce spending and wreak havoc throughout the whole health care system.
Take food assistance away from millions of low-income households, including many new mothers and their babies, as well as students and families of low-paid and unemployed workers. It would dramatically cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps. It would also cut the Farm to School program that supports local, small farmers and provides healthy, fresh food to school lunch programs.
Increase the federal budget deficit by about $330 billion a year. This would add $3.3 trillion (yes, trillion) to the overall federal debt over the next ten years.
Extend expiring tax cuts and create new ones that will provide huge windfalls to wealthy individuals and corporations at a cost of about $4 trillion.
More than double the budget for the detention and deportation of immigrants by adding $150 billion to the budget of the Department of Homeland Security. It will add $45 billion to the budget for detention centers to increase or expand the existing 160 detention centers. This would mean ICE has more money for detention that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
End tax credits that have been in place since 2005 that incentivize the development of wind and solar energy. [4]
Increase funding for the Defense Department by about $150 billion, including for Elon Musk’s companies. This significant increase is proposed even though there’s more waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department than anywhere else in the federal government. Clearly, Trump, his administration, and Musk and DOGE don’t really care about cutting waste and making government more efficient.
Please contact your U.S. Representative NOW, as they will be voting on this bill and its provisions in the next two days. Ask them to vote against this draconian budget. Let them know you oppose tax cuts for wealthy corporations and individuals, as well as cuts in programs that benefit everyday working Americans. It’s particularly galling that the cuts in programs for low-income families are being made to offset part of the cost of the tax cuts for the wealthy.
Your contacts are important even if you don’t change someone’s mind or vote. It lets your Representative know that you are watching them and paying attention to what’s going on in Congress. If they vote for the budget in upcoming votes, it will let them know that they are jeopardizing their chances of re-election, which is key to getting them to oppose Trump in these and future votes.
You can find contact information for your US Representative at http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO! IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
(Note: Republican presidents (Reagan, Bush, and Trump) and Congresses have cut taxes for wealthy individuals and corporations multiple times since the 1981. These tax cuts have added over $10 trillion (yes, trillion) to the federal debt. The economic boom, jobs, increased tax revenue, and trickle down of benefits to everyday Americans they always promise have NEVER materialized. Most recently, they did not happen after the Trump and Republican tax cuts of 2017. Extending those tax cuts and adding others will not increase economic growth, will not increase tax revenue, will not create jobs, and will not trickle down to everyday Americans.)
[1] Reich, R., 6/30/25, “The worst bill in history,” Robert Reich’s daily blog (https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-three-myths-of-trickle-down-economics)
[2] Mascaro, L., Freking, K., & Cappelletti, J., 6/29/25, “Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill clears key Senate vote as Republicans race to pass it by July 4,” The Boston Globe from the Associated Press
[3] Cox Richardson, H., 6/28/25, “Letters from an American,” (https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-28-2025)
[4] Reuters, 6/28/25, “Senate bill hastens end of wind, solar tax credits and imposes new tax,” U.S. News (https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-06-28/senate-bill-hastens-end-of-wind-solar-tax-credits-and-imposes-new-tax)