Tell Senators to Reject House Cuts in Spending As Part of Debt Limit Standoff
By MUUSJN on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
Urge Your Senators to Oppose Immoral Debt Ceiling Budget Cuts!
Senator Gary Peters: 1-202-224-6221
Senator Debbie Stabenow: 1-202-224-4822
Emphasize Human Needs and Community Concerns Raised by Extreme US House Budget Proposal
According to Federal Reserve Secretary Janet Yellen, the U.S. would need to reach an agreement on lifting the debt ceiling by June 1st or else the U.S. would default on its debt. Exploiting this routine vote to pay the bills, the House last week passed a FY 2024 budget that cuts domestic spending for human needs and community concerns by 22%. The proposal would also limit future spending to only 1% a year for 10 years. The budget assumes no cuts in Pentagon spending. President Biden’s FY 2024 budget proposes reducing the deficit by nearly $3 trillion by requiringg wealthy and big corporations to pay their fair share.
Here are examples of what the impact of 22 percent cuts in the federal budget would be based on analysis of Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and budget:
- Undermine medical care for veterans;
- Slash funding for schools with low income students and students with disabilites;
- Eliminate preschool and child care for hundreds of thousands of children;
- 1.7 million million women, infants and children would lose special Food Stamp assistance;
- More than a million seniors would lose access to food services, e.g. Meals on Wheels; &
- Cut housing vouchers for 630,000 households.
These cuts are unacceptable! For information on what President Biden recently said about next steps toward addressing this budget impass, click HERE
Tell our Senators to reject these proposals for cuts, caps and eligibility changes in domestic and community spending. Urge them to support Biden’s proposal to require higher income people pay their fair share.
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