Stop the Trump Tax Scam
This is a simple story. Republicans want to rob everyday Americans to fund billionaires’ private jets and mega-yachts. They want to gut Medicaid and SNAP so Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies can pile up more money than they can ever spend. The House just voted for this nonsense by passing the Trump Tax Scam with Zinke all in favor. Here is just some of what he voted for:
Empty stomachs for millions of kids and seniors thanks to the largest cuts to food assistance (e.g. SNAP) in US history
Higher home electric bills driven by huge cuts to clean energy investments that fund most new power sources
Runaway college costs and bigger student loans caused by billions of dollars being cut from loan, loan forgiveness, and Pell Grant programs
More challenges to holding Trump accountable after Republicans slipped in a one-sentence provision that would make it extremely difficult for courts to hold Trump administration officials in contempt for violating court orders
10,000 new ICE agents at a time the agency is arresting political opponents, defying court orders, and deporting US citizens
New attacks on the trans community as Republicans inserted a last-minute change banning Medicaid from covering gender affirming care
Tax breaks for people buying gun silencers (“Who asked for this? The assassin lobby?” asked one Democratic lawmaker)
Millions of patients denied cancer screenings and reproductive care due to the defunding of Planned Parenthood and banning of abortion coverage under ACA insurance plans
Hospital layoffs, service cuts, and closures thanks to historic cuts to vital healthcare funding
14 million people kicked off their healthcare due to major cuts and restrictions on Medicaid and other healthcare programs, like the Affordable Care Act
This fight isn’t over, and this bill can still be stopped!
Even now, as Speaker Johnson and his pals prematurely pop their champagne, we have two clear paths to killing this bill:
We can defeat the bill outright in the Senate by pressuring four Senate Republicans into abstaining or voting against it.
If the Senate changes even one word of the bill -- and GOP Senators are already pledging major rewrites their House counterparts won’t like -- it’ll go back to the House for another vote, giving us a second chance to block it there.
Daines and Sheehy have already pledged to support the bill - let them know what a giant mistake they are making.
We will have more actions for you in the coming weeks, but all of our Members of Congress need to hear from you.