Reject Attacks on Medicaid to Fund Billionaire Tax Cuts
On February 25, by a slim margin of 217-215, House Republicans passed budget resolution H.Con.Res.14, approving a GOP blueprint to finance Trump’s greedy, punishing agenda. The budget extends tax cuts passed during the first Trump Administration in 2017, including $4.5 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. The budget will finance these cuts by making $2 trillion in draconian spending cuts to life-saving social programs, especially Medicaid, and by raising the debt limit by $4 trillion. These budget cuts endanger the lives and financial stability of millions of Americans, and it would have disastrous consequences for the fiscal health of the United States.
The Senate has already passed a very different budget resolution, which does not extend the 2017 tax cuts and has smaller cuts to mandatory spending items like Medicaid. For the budget to advance into law, the House and Senate must now develop and agree on a single identical budget resolution.
Congress must reject the House’s initial budget resolution, which benefits billionaires at the expense of the social safety net that keeps millions of Americans alive.
Contacts for this topic:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
I’m calling to urge [REP/SEN NAME] reject the mandatory spending cuts laid out in House Concurrent Resolution 14 as the budget process continues. Congress must pass a budget that actually benefits Americans instead of slashing funds to essential life-saving programs like Medicaid to finance tax breaks for the wealthy.
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The budget resolution does not yet specify cuts to Medicaid or other essential programs, but the $880 billion spending cut it mandates from the Energy & Commerce committee will unquestionably lead to Medicaid cuts.
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If the reconciliation bill that follows this budget resolution includes cuts to Medicaid, or any other essential program like Medicare or SNAP, I will hold this office accountable for lying to us constituents.
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I would like a written response from the legislative aide assigned to this policy area.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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