This is a long email about Republicans' newest plan, the procedure they’ll use to ram it through (reconciliation), and how we can stop them.
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Republicans are laying the groundwork to pass Trump’s signature policy: a MASSIVE tax cut for billionaires that totally fleeces the rest of us. This is a long email about what they’re planning, the procedure they’ll use to ram it through (reconciliation), and how we can stop them.
If you’ve been with us long enough to have seen a reconciliation fight before -- or simply don't have time to read the whole email -- you can scroll down to the “What you can do” section to get right to work. Otherwise, please read on!
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Indivisibles,
Donald Trump wants to make billionaires like Elon Musk even richer, and he plans to decimate lifesaving programs to do it. It’s an extremely unpopular idea, even among Trump’s own voters, but the GOP plans to use a familiar legislative trick (the process called reconciliation) to get it done.
This morning, congressional Republicans completed the first hurdle in this process: getting the House and Senate to agree on a very loose framework for the final bill. They plan to cut $1.5 trillion in unnamed spending -- a number only achievable by slashing Medicaid, SNAP, and more -- and give the richest Americans $5 trillion in tax breaks.
That was the easy part, and Republicans only got there after a lot of bitter infighting. They remain deeply divided about the specifics of the final bill. That gives us a huge opening to exploit their divisions and obstruct this process as long as we can.
The longer it takes them to write the final bill, the more we can turn public attention against it, make Republicans pay a political price, and ultimately, the better the chance we have to stop it from passing.
That’s what today’s email is all about: Understanding exactly what Republicans plan to do and how we can divide them, disrupt them, and stop them. It’s a long one, but this is one of the biggest fights we’ve faced yet -- so it’s important we all know the stakes and the plan. Buckle up.
A refresher on reconciliation
Budget Reconciliation is a Senate maneuver allowing some bills -- namely those related to spending -- to pass with just 51 votes, instead of the 60 normally needed to bypass the filibuster. Put simply, it lets the party in power push bills through the Senate without any bipartisan support. (There’s a full explainer here if you want a deep-dive.)
You may remember Republicans using reconciliation to cram Trump’s billionaire tax cuts down our throats during his first term -- or to try repealing the Affordable Care Act in 2017. (We stopped them.)
This time around, Republicans are using reconciliation to slash Medicaid and give more tax cuts to billionaires like Elon Musk. They’re early in the process right now -- fighting among themselves over how many trillions to cut -- but we know one of the most destructive, partisan bills in American history is coming. And we need to be ready.
The huge stakes of this fight
In short, the Republican plan is to enact trillions (ya, that’s with a T) of dollars in tax breaks for corporations and billionaires. And since letting rich guys like Trump and Musk dodge taxes means less to go around for the rest of us, Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs will get cut to pay for it all.
What does that mean for everyday Americans like us?
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Millions of Americans could lose their healthcare or face medical debt when Medicaid is slashed by hundreds of billions of dollars. |
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Hospitals and healthcare facilities could close, particularly in rural areas, as federal funding drops sharply and fewer Medicaid patients can afford their services. |
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Tens of thousands of kids could go hungry due to planned cuts to SNAP and other nutritional assistance programs that help families keep food on the table. |
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Billionaires like Elon Musk will gain even more power as their massive slice of the pie gets even bigger -- leaving them extra billions to spend on lobbying, political donations, and, in Musk’s case, even shadier behavior. |
The good news: we can win
Republicans know their plan is unpopular, but when Donald Trump wants something, they scramble and grovel and fall in line. We need to make reconciliation so toxic, so painful, so slow and confusing and arduous, that even the most Trump-fearing MAGA puppets question whether it’s all worth it.
Here’s how we can do that:
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SOUND THE ALARM: We need to ensure this plan and its impacts are known by everyone, everywhere. We’ll do that by talking to neighbors about the harm to our own communities, sharing educational resources like this email, and hosting highly visible local events. |
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LEAD A LOUD DEM RESISTANCE: We need every Democratic lawmaker to speak out early, often, and loudly -- while party leaders use every possible tool to stall and divide Republicans. We’ll clearly define our expectations, celebrate Dems who fight boldly, and hold those who stay quiet accountable. |
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TURN THE HEAT UP ON REPUBLICANS: Vulnerable and so-called “moderates” on the Republican side will try hiding from constituents and distancing themselves from Trump’s plan -- even as they benefit from it. We can’t let them. We need to make them hear us, and we need to make them own this. |
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DELAY, DISRUPT, DIVIDE: We need Freedom Caucus Rs screaming at battleground Rs. We need votes that take days to schedule. We need lawyers and parliamentarians throwing sand in all the gears. We need this process to take months that feel like years.
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What you can do right now
This Saturday, April 12, until Sunday, April 27, Members of Congress will return to their home turf for the April Congressional Recess. That’s our opportunity to take action. We show up. We remind them how toxic Trump’s plans are. We refuse to let them hide.
From April 12-27, Indivisibles are hosting in-district events to make Republicans sweat and make sure Democrats stand firm. Please click here to sign up for a “Stop The Cuts” April Recess event near you.
- If you have a Republican senator, call your senator’s office or send them an email to say you don’t want to pay the price for billionaire tax breaks.
- If a Republican represents you in the House, call your GOP representative or send them an email to remind them they work for you -- not Musk, Trump, or their oligarch buddies.
- If there aren’t any April recess events near you yet, use our “Stop the Cuts” toolkit to plan an event for your community during April Recess.
This April, every Republican needs to feel the heat for planning to cut Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs just to fund massive tax giveaways for billionaires. Every Democrat needs to know that we’ve got their backs when they fight back to protect everyday Americans.
Thanks for reading all of this, and thanks for being with us in this fight for democracy!
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
P.S. Fighting back against this reconciliation bill will be one of the hardest things we’ve ever done together -- requiring Indivisibles to be louder and more organized than ever before. If you can spare anything at all, please consider donating so Indivisible can gear up to stop the cuts and hold Republicans accountable. 
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