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John,
Vulnerable communities need policy solutions, not right-wing attacks.
Right now, Congress has only a few weeks to pass a FY2024 budget that doesn’t include any “poison pill riders”― policy changes to must-pass appropriation bills that are so divisive and unpopular that they would never pass through Congress as standalone legislation.
To date, House Republicans have added more than 560 poison pills to their draft FY2024 spending bills.1 Many of these riders have nothing to do with funding the government, instead they attack the LGBTQIA community, get rid of climate change protections, propose extreme anti-immigrant policies, and require the Census Bureau to exclude people from state population counts depending on their immigrant status, unconstitutionally skewing voting representation and fair distribution of federal funds to states.
The American people want a federal government that puts their needs first, not ideological attacks that play politics with people’s lives.
Donate $5 today to fight back against poison pill riders in must-pass government funding legislation and ensure adequate funding to human needs programs.
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In 2015, a poison pill rider would have prohibited the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from updating national ozone pollution standards to prevent 4,300 deaths per year.2 That same year, another rider would have gotten rid of a rule that prevented for-profit colleges from defrauding their students.3
Thankfully, due to public pressure those riders failed. Now we must use that same pressure once again to make sure that extreme, discriminatory, poison pill riders aren’t a part of any FY2024 funding bills.
Help us fight back against extremist poison pill riders by donating $5 today.
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Thank you for all you do,
Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
1 Topline Spending Deal Sets Stage for Showdown Over Poison Pill Riders
2 Earmarking Away the Public Interest How Congressional Republicans Use Antiregulatory Appropriations Riders to Benefit Powerful Polluting Industries
3 Republicans Aim to Hamper Obama’s Policies With Spending Bills
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