Hi John,

Every working person in this country should be outraged.

The Senate just voted to pass a budget reconciliation bill that is even worse than the bill the House of Representatives passed a few weeks ago. It would make working families poorer, sicker and less safe—all to deliver a nearly $5 trillion gift to billionaires. 

The overwhelming harm of this reckless bill for working families—which will cause 17 million Americans to lose their health care, hospitals and nursing homes to close, millions of jobs lost, and higher health care and energy costs for everyone—cannot be overstated. 

The House of Representatives has one last chance to stop this job-slashing, health-care-gutting giveaway to the extremely wealthy from becoming law—but the vote is just hours away. If you are one of the thousands of people who made a call already, we need you again right now. 

Learn more and call your representative to tell them, “No cuts to working families!” 

Here are just a few of the ways that the Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation bill will hurt working families:

• Rips health care away from 17 million people and eliminates 600,000 care jobs, forcing over 300 rural hospitals to close their doors.

• Spikes health care costs for people with employment-based insurance by nearly $500 per person per year and nearly $2,000 annually for a family of four.

• Destroys hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in construction, manufacturing and production, and raises energy costs at a moment when working-class households are already struggling.

• Slashes food assistance for nearly 3 million Americans, and slashes at least 140,000 jobs in food processing facilities, school cafeterias, grocery stores, and farms by cutting billions in SNAP funding.

• Threatens an estimated 1.75 million construction jobs and over 3 billion work hours, which translates to $148 billion in lost annual wages and benefits.

• Adds $155 billion in funding for President Trump’s mass deportation agenda to increase raids that target immigrant workers, throw members of our communities and our unions in detention, and rip families apart.

But working people can make a difference. Yesterday, people like you spoke out loudly against a reckless provision in the bill on the regulation of artificial intelligence—and when forced to take a vote today, 99% of senators voted to remove it.  

Let’s speak out one more time against this gift to billionaires and giant corporations before it’s too late.

Thank you for everything you’re doing to stand up for working people. Keep fighting.

In solidarity, 

Team AFL-CIO

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