House Republicans just passed Trump's budget bill. Your pressure helped block their plan to sell off 500,000 acres of public lands in the West. We must keep the pressure up and force the Senate to stop the House’s assault on clean energy investments!
The moment we're in
Right now, Trump and Republicans in Congress are attempting to sell off our clean air, water, and future to make corporate polluters even richer. The Republican plan is to enact trillions of dollars in tax breaks for greedy billionaires who bought access to Trump.
Even though Republicans control Congress, the party is deeply divided on many of the worst cuts, especially to clean energy, health care and education. They’re also not in agreement on whether or not to sell off our public lands to pay for these giant tax giveaways (spoiler alert: it’s a bad idea!). That's why they're planning to use a scheme that allows legislation to pass with a simple majority of votes.
Republican infighting means we have a real chance of stopping the worst cuts to environmental protections and other programs that help millions of hardworking Americans. But only if we make enough noise and take action! The time to stop the GOP’s mega budget bill is now.
Will you demand that your Representative act to stop this billionaire and corporate polluter giveaway by calling here and sending a letter here?
How does this budget bill affect environmental protections?
Right now, Trump and Republicans in Congress are putting the pieces together on their mega budget bill that paves the way for more billionaire giveaways at the expense of middle class families and working people – taking away clean energy and climate action, public land protections, Medicaid and food assistance, and other essential programs people count on.
They're doing this to fund tax breaks for Trump, his billionaire buddies and corporate polluters.
Here are some of the threats to our health, climate, safety, and public lands:
☀️ Americans nationwide could lose access to popular clean energy programs that save families money on electricity costs, make our daily life safer and healthier, and create good-paying jobs. Over 60,000 clean energy jobs have already been threatened or lost since Trump's election.
🏞️ Millions of acres of our public lands and coastal waters, which belong to everyone -- including the Arctic Refuge -- could be sold off to the highest bidders, closed down, and destroyed. Republicans are working to give away our country’s mountains, valleys, deserts, rivers, lakes, and forests to billionaires and corporate polluters. This could lead to firing more park staff and stewards of our most treasured lands.
💧 Communities will be drinking lead-contaminated water because lead pipes aren't being replaced. People will be exposed to toxic and hazardous waste because the government is no longer cleaning it up. The air we breathe and the water we drink will be less safe for all Americans if Trump and Congress get their way in rolling back clean air and water protections and enforcements.
🔥 Communities won't get the help they need to recover from wildfire and extreme weather if they cut funding for critical disaster relief programs. This will place even more of the burden of rising costs directly onto working families.
❤️ Millions of Americans could lose their healthcare or face medical debt if hundreds of billions of dollars are slashed from Medicaid or access to healthy food with cuts to assistance programs like SNAP.
What exactly is budget reconciliation?
Congress can pass most bills with a simple majority in the House of Representatives, but 60 votes are needed in the Senate due to the filibuster. However, there are a few limited paths in the Senate to avoid the filibuster entirely and pass a bill with a simple majority.
Republicans, at the direction of Donald Trump, are using a special congressional procedure – called "reconciliation" – that will allow them to pass their widely unpopular tax cut bill with only Republican support.
What's happening right now?
This budget plan is directly from the Project 2025 playbook that Trump promised he wouldn't enact.
On July 2, the Congress passed Trump's budget bill.
We must continue to advocate, even when we lose. Continuing to fight for our future is the only way we can build the movement we need to push back against these policies on both a national and local level, and hold the elected officials who support them accountable.
Thank you for joining us and acting at this moment. Every Republican needs to feel the heat for planning to cut vital government programs to fund massive tax giveaways for billionaires and corporate polluters. And every Democrat needs to know we've got their backs as we urge them to fight for bolder protections for everyday Americans.