Fellow Conservative,

This week, the House passed a budget deal which will suspend the debt ceiling, increase spending by $322 billion over the next two years, and add $1.7 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years!

Compared to past recent budget deals, this one is especially bad. As you can see below, this deal is worse than the budget deals made during the Obama years.
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Here’s how bad of a deal this is for conservatives:



- It does NOT curtail spending in exchange for raising the debt limit.
- It increases non-defense spending by 4.5%, but only increases defense spending by 3.1%—parity used to be the goal, but this is settling for less.
- It's worse than the deal President Trump signed in 2018, when he famously said, “I will never sign another bill like this again.”
- It increases spending more than 4x the amount of either of the Obama budget deals.
- While only 33% of House Republicans voted for it, 93% of Democrats did.
- Even radical liberal, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez voted for it!



>>>If you want to know how your representative voted, you can check our scorecard here. <[link removed]> (If your rep voted against it, be sure to call and say “thank you”).
The Senate Must Reject the Pelosi-Mnuchin Budget Deal
Now that the Pelosi-Mnuchin budget deal has passed the House, the Senate is expected to vote on it early next week.

Conservatives are opposed to this bill as it increases the debt ceiling without spending reforms. If we can’t get discretionary spending under control, how are we ever going to rein in entitlement spending?

We can’t let this moment pass by and do nothing. Some politicians would like to kick the can down the road, but that is tantamount to giving up. Now is the time to fight to get spending under control.

You can affect the vote! Many senators have not announced their support or opposition. This weekend and on Monday and Tuesday is the time to reach out via email, tweets, and calls, and let them know that you stand against it.

Here are resources to assist you:



- Background and Talking Points <[link removed]>
- Call script on “out-of-control spending” <[link removed]>
- Key vote alert <[link removed]>
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News from the Hill
- This week, for the 75th time, House Democrats blocked a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act <[link removed]>. The discharge petition to hold a vote was launched nearly six months ago, and there are still 232 congressmen <[link removed]> who refuse to sign and end infanticide.
- On Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee passed out of committee a bill to overhaul Medicare and Medicaid drug payments. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) pushed for a conservative amendment which would stop government price controls, keep drug prices lower, and encourage innovation and competition. Unfortunately, this amendment failed in a vote of 14-14.
Heritage Action in the News
- Tim Chapman spoke at last week’s Western Conservative Summit <[link removed]> and shared insights from Heritage Action’s political polling and our efforts to build a winning policy platform for conservatives going into the 2020 election. Watch the video. <[link removed]>
- Jessica Anderson was a guest on Bill Martinez Live where they discussed Planned Parenthood’s recent decision to fire their president for not focusing enough on abortion. "It sent a very clear message to Americans across the country that Planned Parenthood is first and foremost a political organization,” said Anderson. Click here to listen. <[link removed]>



This is the last week before Congress’ planned month-long August recess. Next month, there will be lots of opportunities to meet with representatives and senators as they will be back home in their states. If you would like to receive training and information on how to be a more effective grassroots constituent, then sign up for our Sentinel program. <[link removed]>

Thank you,

Tim, Jessica, and the Heritage Action team

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