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Action Alert!
The Senate may vote on the Budget Resolution tonight
Action Alert!
The Senate may vote on the Budget Resolution tonight
Please call!
Dial the Capitol Switchboard 1-888-245-0215 [toll-free] or 202-224-3121 and ask for the office of your Senators.
Message to Senators:Please vote NO on the House-passed Budget Resolution.
Over 10 years, it would slash $4.3 trillion in needed services, about two-thirds of which help low-income people.
At the same time, it makes net tax cuts worth $4.2 trillion almost exclusively targeted to the top 5 percent wealthiest Americans, leaving relatively little for deficit reduction.
This budget proposal would set rigid limits on Medicaid and food stamps/SNAP, resulting in a 35 percent cut for Medicaid by 2022 and an almost 20 percent cut in food stamps.
Starting in the second decade, the House budget would turn Medicare into a voucher program, doubling the burden of payment for its beneficiaries.
Far from helping the economy, this plan would cause the loss of 2.2 million jobs over the next two years.
People with disabilities disproportionately rely on government services to live, learn and work in their communities. These services assist many people with disabilities to live independently in the community avoiding costly institutional care and increasing the opportunities to work and pay taxes.
Please reject these and other extreme proposals; they would weaken federal protections in a recession and stall economic growth for us all.
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