John,
After spending the entire weekend trying to wrangle votes, the Senate just passed their version of Trump’s budget.
This budget will decimate communities across the country — slashing food and nutrition assistance and kicking millions of people off lifesaving health care programs. The version passed by the Senate would:
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Cut funding to Medicaid, Medicare and the ACA by $1.1 trillion, taking health care away from at least 11.8 million people.1
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Cut nearly $300 billion from SNAP and force millions to lose some or ALL of their food assistance.2
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Increase ICE's detention budget by a factor of 13, supercharging this administration’s ability to kidnap and forcibly remove innocent people and spread terror throughout our communities.3
- And give away almost $1 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthiest 1%.
Bernie Sanders called this "the most dangerous piece of legislation in the modern history of our country."4 Even some Republican Senators are admitting it is a "betrayal" of their own working-class constituents.5 In fact, Republicans had to rely on Vice-President Vance to cast a tie-breaking vote to pass the bill today. But we still have a chance to stop it from becoming law.
Now the bill goes back to the House — and what happens there is far from a sure thing. Members of the House need to hear from as many of their constituents as possible, as soon as possible.
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We still have ONE FINAL CHANCE to stop this bill as it goes back to the House, John.
Republican elected officials have already publicly denounced the harm that this budget will cause for their constituents.6
And the bill itself is historically unpopular among virtually every demographic imaginable, across multiple different polls.7
Any member of Congress who is thinking of voting in favor of this bill needs to know they are directly attacking the families they were elected to represent. Sign up for a phonebank shift RIGHT NOW and help keep the pressure on.
Or chip in here to help us make sure we can keep holding members of Congress accountable to the working-class voters they claim to represent.
In solidarity,
Team WFP
Sources:
1. G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says, New York Times, July 1, 2025
2. House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 28, 2025
3. 9 Things to Know About the Reconciliation Bill, NILC, June 17, 2025
4. Sanders on the Worst Bill in Modern U.S. History, Sen. Bernie Sanders, June 29, 2025
5. GOP Senator Breaks From Party On Tax Bill, Warns Trump 'Betraying' His Own Voters, HuffPost, June 30, 2025
6. Thom Tillis denounces GOP megabill’s Medicaid cuts in fiery speech, Politico, June 29, 2025
7. Polls show Trump's big bill is unpopular as Republicans stare down their deadline for passage, NBC News, June 23, 2025
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