John,

Republicans have introduced their budget legislation and it’s nothing more than an attack on seniors, people with disabilities, low-income people, and children.

They want to cut $230 billion from SNAP and other nutrition programs―putting 40 million people at risk of losing their access to healthy nutrition and raising out-of-pocket food expenses for tens of millions of households at a time when many of us feel the impact of higher food costs.^1,2

They are demanding $2 trillion in cuts to mandatory programs including Medicaid and Medicare―meaning 36 million people (or more!) would be at risk of losing their access to health care via Medicaid.³

This is an outright assault on the most vulnerable populations and it’s all happening in order to fund tax breaks for the rich and corporations, and to fund Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, which is detaining and deporting thousands of people a day who are part of our communities, many for years or decades.

If passed by Congress, these cuts coupled with more tax handouts to the ultra-wealthy would represent one of the biggest upward transfers of wealth in over a century―stealing money from programs that support low-income households to further enrich the wealthy.

We’re rallying our allies across the country to fight back against these extreme cuts and we need your support.

Rush a donation of $5 today to ensure Congress gets the message: Reject funding cuts to vulnerable communities to pay for Donald Trump’s agenda that enriches billionaires while attacking immigrant communities.

If all of that wasn’t bad enough, there are Republicans calling for even more cuts―to the tune of an extra $500 billion that would deepen cuts to Medicaid. They want to increase paperwork burdens for Medicaid participants via work reporting requirements and expand the reporting requirements for SNAP and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).⁴ Introducing work reporting requirements for Medicaid is completely unnecessary since six in ten nonelderly, nondisabled adults who receive health care via Medicaid are already working full or part-time. The rest would be exempt from work for reasons such as being a caregiver, attending school, or health problems.⁵

Congress has more work to do to address higher costs and health, employment, child care, and home and community-based care for the aging and people with disabilities, all levels of education, energy assistance, affordable broadband, and many other unmet needs in the months ahead. Decisions made to reject these investments and make very deep cuts to critical programs will have consequences for every American for generations to come.

We have a chance to stop this dangerous budget if Democrats vote in united opposition and we peel off a few swing-district Republicans.

Donate $5 today to power our grassroots advocacy with community organizations and in-person lobbying on Capitol Hill demanding Congress reject these draconian budget cuts to fund more tax cuts for the rich and Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

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Thank you for all you do,

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs

¹ House Republican Budget Would Mean Higher Costs, Less Help for Families, More Tax Windfalls for Wealthy
² Republican SNAP Proposals Could Take Food Away From Millions of Low-Income Individuals and Families
³ Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage
⁴ House budget resolution in limbo as conservatives push deeper spending cuts and work requirements
⁵ Understanding the Intersection of Medicaid & Work: A Look at What the Data Say