This week, we’re covering the Senate reconciliation vote that could happen as
soon as tonight. Check out the state-of-play from Ezra; then, jump into to-dos
to keep the pressure on Congress and mobilize your community!

Hey folks,

You probably already know what news is driving this week: Republicans are
trying to jam Trump’s big bad bill through Congress.

A terrible version of it already passed the House, and a new -- somehow
even more terrible -- version is progressing in the Senate. Trump and
congressional leaders are driving toward final passage before the July 4
congressional recess. Here are the three things you’ve got to know:

 1. This bill is historically bad. The Senate bill [ [link removed] ]cuts taxes for
millionaires and billionaires; makes [ [link removed] ]massive cuts to Medicaid and
Food Stamps; supercharges Trump’s mass deportation agenda to terrorize
communities, including [ [link removed] ]thousands of new deportation
agents; [ [link removed] ]devastates rural hospitals; and [ [link removed] ]adds $4 trillion (!) to
the national debt.
 2. This bill is very unpopular. [ [link removed] ]Nothing I listed above is popular.
None of it. People like Medicaid, food stamps, and hospitals. People
do not like cutting taxes for billionaires or taking Trump’s
anti-immigrant militarization tactics nationwide.
 3. This is not yet a done deal -- so public pressure matters. The House
and Senate have to work out their differences before this becomes law.
The GOP margins in the House and Senate are tight, vulnerable members
up for reelection are skittish about voting for a deeply unpopular
bill, and every day of delay makes their coalition more precarious.
The last thing congressional leadership wants is a lot of angry
constituents pressuring their members.

Republican leaders are moving quickly because they’re scared of pushback.
They’re terrified that if they let this bill sit out in the open for long,
it will suffer the same fate as the Affordable Care Act repeal of 2017 and
fall apart. They’re worried people will notice that this new bill cuts a
trillion dollars from healthcare and other popular programs to pay for tax
cuts for billionaires.

This is why they are trying to move quickly! They know [ [link removed] ]many voters
don’t even know this bill exists, and they like it better that way. The
faster Congress moves, the less time there is for public opposition to
derail their efforts.

I’ll be straight with you: The odds of stopping this bill are still
stacked against us. There’s nothing Republicans love more than cutting
taxes for billionaires and cutting healthcare for everyone else.

But if you’d told me a few months ago that [ [link removed] ]two Republicans are dug-in
NO votes, one feels [ [link removed] ]so pinched he’s retiring, and Collins and Murkowski
-- among numerous others -- are yet to commit? I’d say we kicked ass and
had a real shot of winning.

Let’s not make it easy on them. Elected officials don’t like it when their
constituents are pissed off at them. Sometimes it changes their votes.
Sometimes it leads to their electoral defeat. But their constituents won’t
know to be pissed off at them if they don’t know this bill exists.

It’s times like this that demand one simple thing of grassroots movement:
we’ve got to make some noise. We’ve got to break through the cacophony of
daily news and distraction to communicate to as many people as possible
what Republicans are on the verge of doing this week. And we have to let
Republicans know we’re doing that.

So please read on to this week’s action items. We need to be as big of a
pain in the ass to Congress as we can this week.

In solidarity,
Ezra Levin
Co-Executive Director
Indivisible

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Your weekly to-dos

With the healthcare of over 17 million Americans and the financial
well-being of millions more on the line, this week’s to-dos are focused on
the urgent need to stop the budget-busting, Medicaid-slashing
reconciliation bill:

 1. [ [link removed] ]Call your Republican senators to demand that they VOTE NO. We only
need two more GOP senators to oppose the reconciliation bill for it to
fail the upcoming Senate vote, and a handful of them remain truly
undecided. Can’t get through on the phone? [ [link removed] ]Send them an email.
 2. [ [link removed] ]Email your representative to say you won’t stand for cutting SNAP
and Medicaid to fund billionaires’ tax breaks. If the reconciliation
bill squeaks through the Senate, it will be sent back to the House for
another razor-thin vote. We need to get a jumpstart on stopping it
there.
 3. [ [link removed] ]Volunteer for a phonebank this week to mobilize working people
against this reconciliation bill. Pass or fail, the reconciliation
fight doesn’t end with the upcoming vote. Our work to reach people in
key districts is going to continue, and we have several shifts open
this week to make calls.
 5. [ [link removed] ]Join our “What’s the Plan?” call this Thursday to hear Leah and
Ezra break down the latest on the MAGA agenda. Every Thursday at 3pm
ET (12pm PT), our co-founders jump online to discuss the news of the
week, highlight our work, and answer your questions directly! Come be
part of a free-flowing, interactive chat about resisting this megabill
and the rest of Trump’s agenda.

P.S. Indivisible is currently putting everything we’ve got into the fight
to stop this big ugly bill, and we could really use your help to fund the
effort. Our billboards, phonebanks, canvassing, and support for other
on-the-ground pressure tactics all come with a cost. [ [link removed] ]If you can afford
to chip in today, we’ll put your contribution to work.

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This week's update on the Republican Tax Scam

As we write this update on Monday afternoon, the Senate is debating
amendments to its SNAP-slashing, Medicaid-crushing reconciliation bill --
leading up to a final vote late on Monday or very early Tuesday, July 1.
Republicans still haven’t locked in all the votes:

* Senators Rand Paul (KY) and Thom Tillis (NC) are all-but-guaranteed NO
votes.
* Senator Susan Collins (ME) still has major reservations about the
Medicaid cuts and -- despite voting to begin debate -- has
[ [link removed] ]indicated she’s “leaning against” voting for final passage.
* Lisa Murkowski (AK), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), and John Curtis (UT)
have expressed opposition to SNAP or Medicaid cuts and may still
choose not to support the final bill, while a handful of
“budget-hawks” led by Rick Scott (FL) are holding out for even deeper
cuts.

If Paul and Tillis stand strong as NO votes, only two more Republicans
need to abstain or vote no before the vote fails. It’s an uphill fight,
but it’s possible -- especially if we keep the pressure on.



[ [link removed] ]Join a phonebank from 6-8pm ET (3-5pm PT) this Monday-Wednesday to
call the Americans most harmed by this bill and connect them directly to
their GOP Members of Congress.



And remember: Even if the Senate approves the bill tonight, it still needs
to pass again in the House, where opposition is already lining up. We’ll
have another chance to stop this monstrosity, and we won’t stop fighting
until every vote is cast. [ [link removed] ]So if you’ve got a Republican
representative, go ahead and use this tool to send them an email.

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Join a day of action against ICE

Home Depots have become a primary target of brutal ICE raids. We’ve seen
ICE round up dozens of day laborers at a time, including US citizens.
We’ve seen them smash windows to snatch people out of cars.

On July 1, our partners in the labor movement are holding a Stand Up to
ICE day of action at Home Depots across the country. Workers will head to
Home Depots to distribute Know Your Rights leaflets containing information
on what to do if you see someone detained or if you are detained by ICE.

[ [link removed] ]Digital event flier for organized labor's day of action to stand up to ICE
on July 1 -- Click to learn more

[ [link removed] ]Click here to see if there’s an event happening at a Home Depot near
you on Tuesday, July 1, and sign up to stand with workers and your
community against ICE’s brutal, unlawful raids.

This day of action is being led by our friends SEIU and the Labor Force.
Please follow their [ [link removed] ]guidance for safe, legal actions on July 1, and
refer any questions to your local event organizers.



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IndivisiWIN of the week

[ [link removed] ]Screenshot of an Indivisible Brooklyn reel showing a protestor with a
cardboard cutout of Chuck Schumer and a caption that reads CHUCK NEEDS TO LEAD A
RECORD-SETTING VOTE-A-RAMA TO DELAY THE MEGABILL

Over the weekend, Senate Democrats forced Republicans to spend 16 hours
reading their entire megabill aloud on the Senate floor, and they’re
further slowing the vote by submitting a bonanza of amendments.

None of this was guaranteed! Indivisible Brooklyn held a rally on Saturday
urging Schumer to force a full reading of the bill, and hours later he
announced he would. These delays give the American people -- and
Republican senators (!) more time to understand what’s actually in this
monstrous bill.

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