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Hi,
House Republicans are pushing to vote TODAY on Donald Trump's big, ugly budget megabill — and we're just one or two votes away from blocking it.
The latest version of the bill would rip health care away from 17 million people.1 More than 40 million would see cuts in SNAP food assistance, nearly half of them kids.2 It would be one of the largest transfers of wealth from working families to billionaires in history.
But if Trump loses just *four* Republican votes in the House, this bill is dead in the water — and there are far more than four Republicans currently undecided.3
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When the House passed their version of the bill in May, it squeaked through by only one vote.4
Since then, the Senate made changes to make this bill EVEN more monstrous.
The Senate has even deeper cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, stripping health care away from 17 million people and making changes that will force rural hospitals and other community health centers to shut down.
The bill adds mountains of red tape to Medicaid work requirements, making it nearly impossible for people who get laid off, are struggling to find work, or are caring for a child or sick relative to keep their health care. The Senate version also makes it even harder than the House bill for states to fill the gap by eliminating one of the key ways that states finance their Medicaid programs.5
All these changes are creating enormous new pressure on House members to vote no.
In addition, the bill would turbo-charge Trump's illegal mass deportation machine, cut SNAP food assistance (food stamps) by 20 percent, zero out critical clean energy investments and environmental enforcement, and so much more.6
And it's all so they can hand out another $3.3 trillion in tax breaks overwhelmingly to Trump and his ultra-wealthy Mar-a-Lago buddies.7
We can still block this horrific bill. It's clear they don't yet have the votes, and if we can keep ramping up the pressure, we're *this close* dealing a massive, crushing defeat to Trump's entire agenda.
With gratitude,
The team at Demand Progress Action
Sources:
1. Kaiser Family Foundation, "About 17 Million More People Could be Uninsured due to the Big Beautiful Bill and other Policy Changes Copy link to quick take," July 1, 2025.
2. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "Senate Republican Leadership’s Reconciliation Bill Takes Food Assistance Away From Millions of People," June 6, 2025.
3. The New York Times, "Some House Republicans Already Plan to Vote Against Trump’s Agenda Bill," July 1, 2025.
4. Politico, "House Republicans pass ‘big, beautiful bill’ after weeks of division," May 22, 2025.
5. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "House Should Reject Senate Republican Bill That Is Even Worse Than Already Harmful House Version in Important Ways," June 18, 2025.
6. The New York Times, "What’s in the Trump Policy Bill?" July 2, 2025.
7. The New York Times, "What’s in the Trump Policy Bill?" July 2, 2025.
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