John,
Trump and Republicans have spent the entire year slashing health care for millions of working families, all so they could pass even more tax cuts for their billionaire friends.
It’s about to get even worse.
With a government funding deadline just a few days away, Trump just abruptly called off a planned meeting with Congressional Democrats, risking the first shutdown of the federal government since his first term as president.1
Trump and Republicans would rather sit by and let the entire government shut down instead of ensuring that working families get the healthcare they need. They are refusing to negotiate with Democrats to reverse the deadly Medicaid funding cuts and extend the ACA tax credits which ensure affordable insurance premiums for millions of working people.2
With only one week to go until the deadline, we need to make sure all of our elected leaders — Democrats and Republicans alike — hear from their own constituents.
Can you sign up to join Working Families Power and MoveOn for upcoming phone banks this week? Volunteers will be hitting the phones to connect voters with key Senators to urge them to stand up for our healthcare:
Stand Up for Healthcare Virtual Phone Banks
Thursday, 9/25 6pm ET/3pm PT
Monday 9/29 2pm ET/11am PT
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For the past nine months, Trump and congressional Republicans have relentlessly pushed through legislation to take away healthcare for millions of Americans.
They’ve taken corruption to new heights and enriched themselves through all kinds of schemes — all while working people have seen prices and healthcare costs go up and up.
They’ve shown over and over that they only care about their billionaire donors, not the working people they claim to represent. But we’ve shown up in numbers again and again. And we aren’t backing down without a fight.
As we approach the end-of-month government funding deadline, Republicans are making it clear that they would rather shut everything down than protect Medicaid or keep basic measures in place to stop health care costs from exploding.
Republican cuts have already caused a crisis for working families, and the continuing resolution they want to pass would only ensure it gets worse. RSVP to join a phonebank this week to keep the pressure on the Senate to stand up for our healthcare. Volunteers will be hitting the phones to make sure Senators hear from their own constituents.
In solidarity,
Team WFP
Sources:
- Kapur, S., Tsirkin, J., Zanona, M., and Thorp V, F. (2025, September 23). Trump cancels meeting with top Democrats on how to prevent a government shutdown. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-cancels-meeting-top-democrats-prevent-government-shutdown-rcna233187.
- Kapur, S. (2025, September 23). Why Obamacare’s funding is a sticking point in the fight to avoid a government shutdown. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/obamacare-funding-sticking-point-fight-avoid-government-shutdown-rcna231700.
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