Day of Action: Flood the Phones to Reject the Immoral Budget

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Flood the Phones to Reject the Immoral Budget

Thank you to everyone who has been contacting our U.S. Senators, urging them to “Keep Fighting for Medicaid and SNAP!”

This morning the Senate narrowly passed the immoral budget we have been fighting against for months, voting 51-50, with Vice President Vance breaking the tie. This destructive bill makes massive cuts to healthcare and food access for our communities while handing tax breaks to billionaires and funding mass deportations.

As people of faith and conscience, we believe that healthcare and food are human rights, and we will continue to insist that these devastating cuts to SNAP ($300 billion) and Medicaid (nearly $1 trillion) are immoral. SNAP helps make sure kids have a nutritious dinner to eat when they come home from school, and Medicaid makes it possible for nearly 2 million people in our state to access affordable healthcare, especially if they live in rural areas. These programs are investments that benefit all of us, and we will continue fighting for our communities.

The House has begun reconciling the Senate’s changes to the budget and plans to hold a final vote as early as Wednesday in an attempt to pass the bill by July 4th. Join us TODAY as FAN advocates across the state call their U.S. Representative and urge them to vote NO on this immoral budget.

Calls to Rep. Newhouse (WA-04) and Rep. Baumgartner (WA-05) are especially critical. Both legislators voted in support of the SNAP and Medicaid cuts in the initial House budget, even though their districts heavily rely on these programs (Medicaid covers 70% of children and 24% of adults in WA-04 and 54% of children and 22% of adults in WA-05).

Here's how you can take action:

Call 1-202-224-3121 and ask the operator to connect you with your Representative’s office.
Use the script in the image below as a prompt and share why Medicaid and/or SNAP are important in your community.
If you don’t know your representative, find your US Congressional representative here: https://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/

Yellow and Blake graphic with phone script that reads “My name is ___________, I live in ______________ and am a member of ________ (name of faith community, faith tradition, or Faith Action Network). I’m calling to urge you to vote NO on the final budget bill being considered by the House. Our food banks are already at capacity, and our rural hospitals are barely getting by. The massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in this budget will impact everyone in our district and especially hurt those who are most vulnerable. We need investments in health care, food security, and our communities—not handouts for the wealthy. Please vote NO on the final budget bill!”

Like the prophets, teachers, and gurus that have come before us, we speak truth to power and demand a moral budget that respects and values the dignity of all of us! Join us TODAY as we flood the phones of our Representatives, urging them to reject this immoral budget.

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