Will you sign the petition to put pressure on Democrats in the Senate and the House to use every tool at their disposal to fight for us?
Dear MoveOn member,
The news broke last night that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will vote to move forward on the disastrous Republican funding bill.1 The same bill that will put billionaires first and the rest of us dead last.2 The bill that Senate Republicans have tried to ram through would gut funding on medical research for cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's, and take away health care from millions of Americans.3 And Schumer reportedly surrendered his vote in order to avoid Democrats being blamed for a government shutdown.
Nobody wants the government to shut down. Period. Republicans have control of the House, Senate, and Presidency. Yet as the majority, Republicans refused to come to the table and negotiate with Democrats to get the votes to pass their budget plan, and that was on them to fix. Not Democrats.
Since Inauguration Day, President Trump and Elon Musk have been taking a chainsaw to our government—slashing Social Security, firing air traffic controllers, and more. Republicans needed Democrats to pass this disastrous, devastating bill. Democrats finally had the upper hand to hold them accountable. Any bipartisan legislation or concessions from Republicans could've been the very thing that stood between millions of people losing their Medicaid and Social Security. And a few Democratic votes in the Senate gave away our very limited bargaining power.
Will you sign the petition to make your voice heard and tell Dems to fight back against Trump and Republicans' authoritarian agenda?
It doesn't make sense that a few senators would clear the way for Republicans, after House Democrats stuck their necks out to combat a horrible Republican-led House budget bill that would actively harm their constituents.
Our circumstances have not changed; we are still in a state of crisis and chaos. Trump's administration, with the help of Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency," has been giddy for weeks at just the thought of gutting care for millions of people—whether it's Social Security or Medicaid, food assistance for children, or funding for veterans.4
In just the past week, Elon Musk—emboldened by a blank check from Donald Trump—made moves to make it harder for seniors to file Social Security claims,5 forced the Department of Education to lay off nearly half of its staff and severely defund public education,6 and struck a deal with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to lay off 10,000 people from the United States Postal Service, endangering the mail service that millions of Americans rely on to communicate.7
Every single day, there's a new headline that continues to prove the point: We're in unprecedented times, and Democrats need to act like it. Sign the petition if you agree!
It's time for Democrats to throw out the usual playbook and start from scratch. They need to do everything in their power to stop Trump's assaults on our lives and communities. Democrats are the last line of defense under this cruel, inhumane administration.
We are seeing strong Democratic leadership from some in this moment, but they can't fight alone, and we need more than a few leaders speaking out and blocking Trump's agenda.
We will need all of them on board to mitigate the harm that Trump and Republicans are enacting. In the onslaught of attacks, we need a principled and unified opposition that will take action to address the crisis at hand and the crises to come.
And Democrats need to hear from us—their constituents, many of whom will bear the brunt of Democrats being overly cautious or timid. If enough of us sign this petition, it'll send a clear signal that we're counting on them to recognize the gravity of the situation and step up, and that we'll support them when they do so.
We will continue to do whatever it takes to sound the alarm, meet the moment and organize for the many, not for the corrupt 1%.
Thanks for all you do.
–Nakia, Allison, Emily, David, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Chuck Schumer says he won't block Republican funding bill amid Democratic divisions over shutdown strategy," NBC News, March 13, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/203285?t=7&akid=428803%2E40999114%2ERslcEG
2. "House Republicans unveil spending bill likely to draw opposition from Democrats," PBS, March 8, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/203282?t=9&akid=428803%2E40999114%2ERslcEG
3. "Looking to slash Medicaid funding, Republicans consider cutting billions of dollars," PBS, February 18, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/203283?t=11&akid=428803%2E40999114%2ERslcEG
4. "Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud," AP News, March 10, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/203286?t=13&akid=428803%2E40999114%2ERslcEG
5. "Social Security scraps far-reaching cuts to phone services after Post report," The Washington Post, March 12, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/203287?t=15&akid=428803%2E40999114%2ERslcEG
6. "US Education Department to cut half its staff as Trump eyes its elimination," Reuters, March 12, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/203288?t=17&akid=428803%2E40999114%2ERslcEG
7. "U.S. Postal Service will cut workforce by 10,000 after signing deal with Elon Musk’s DOGE," CNBC, March 13, 2025
https://act.moveon.org/go/203289?t=19&akid=428803%2E40999114%2ERslcEG
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