Harmful Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Bill

As reported largely on 5 Calls, the in-progress federal budget reconciliation bill (the so-called “big, beautiful bill”) has many harmful elements — including attempts to sneak policy changes through by disguising them as fiscal provisions. Please contact our House representative. Here’s a script, followed by phone numbers.

“Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].

I urge you to oppose harmful elements in the budget reconciliation bill by voting no until they are removed. Specifically, I’m very concerned about… [pick up to three below]:

• Cuts to Medicaid [and]

• Cuts to nutrition assistance including SNAP, affecting food security for more than 12 percent of the nation [and]

• Cuts to student aid [and]

• Cuts to federal worker retirement benefits [and]

• Defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [and]

• Rolling back green energy grants [and]

• Allowing new or resumed oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, along with new coal mining on public lands [and]

• Selling hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada and Utah [and]

• Attempting to usurp federal regulations by thwarting the Byrd tests [and]

• Funding the “Golden Dome” missile defense system as an apparent precursor to handing lucrative contracts to Elon Musk [and]

• Preventing courts from using federal funds to enforce compliance with court orders — thus limiting judges’ ability to hold the Trump administration accountable [and]

• Enabling the treasury secretary to designate any U.S. nonprofit as a “terrorist supporting organization” and strip its tax-exempt status, with no obligation to present evidence.

Congress should pass a fair and responsible budget that helps working families and communities, not one that slashes our benefits and protections to fund tax cuts and windfalls for the wealthy.”

As of Thursday May 22, this one is for the senators only.