Washington, D.C. — Over the weekend, Senate Republicans narrowly approved their budget resolution that seeks to give another massive tax break to millionaires and billionaires. If enacted, this budget plan would gut vital programs such as Medicaid and SNAP that millions of Americans rely on, balloon the federal budget deficit by trillions, and shrink incomes for working- and middle-class Americans. This comes as President Trump’s tariffs continue to harm the U.S. economy and raise costs for working families.
Additionally, Republicans in Congress continue to gaslight the American people about the contents of their budget resolution. Many Republicans continue to insist that they don’t want to cut Medicaid even though it is mathematically impossible to enact this budget plan without doing so. Republicans are also pretending that $5.5 trillion worth of tax breaks actually don’t cost anything, a scheme to make their billionaire tax breaks permanent. Senate Republicans voted down multiple amendments to the budget resolution that would protect working- and middle-class Americans, exposing their hollow promises.
Some of the amendments that Senate Republicans voted down include:
- A ban on tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.
- A reversal of the illegal federal funding cuts to vital programs by Elon Musk’s DOGE.
- An amendment that would strip Medicaid cuts out of the bill.
- An amendment to stop President Trump’s tariffs.
“Americans are tired of being lied to by Republicans in Congress who constantly say one thing but do another,” said Unrig Our Economy spokesperson Kobie Christian. “Countless Republicans claimed that they were against cutting Medicaid and then voted to greenlight hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts that will jeopardize access to health care for millions of Americans. They claim that they want to help working families, yet their plan takes from working families to line the pockets of the ultra-wealthy. And despite GOP promises to lower costs, Republicans in Congress refuse to halt President Trump’s destructive tariffs that will raise prices on everyday goods Americans rely on. Working families need Congress to stand up for them – not millionaires and billionaires.”
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About Unrig Our EconomyUnrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.