More Than 260 Groups Oppose House Budget Resolution
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Representatives,
As you prepare to take up a budget resolution as the first step in the reconciliation process, our organizations from the democracy, good government, labor, immigration, energy, environment, tax, budget, health, gender justice, human needs and other sectors representing millions of people across the country strongly urge you to vote NO on H.Con.Res.14.
Our groups and the constituencies we represent are each uniquely concerned, and many directly impacted, by the spending scheme contemplated by this budget resolution. This legislative framework will lead to policies that slash resources and raise costs for everyday workers and families in order to pad the pockets of the wealthy through lucrative contracts and exorbitant tax cuts, terrorize immigrants and their families, and harm the environment. The budget resolution is a non-starter for our communities.
Because we are a diverse collection of interests, each of our organizations may not take the exact same position on every aspect of this wide-ranging bill. However, we are firmly united in our conclusion: to protect families, communities and our future, members of Congress should vote against this dangerous budget resolution.
Sincerely,
20/20 Vision
350 Bay Area Action
350.org
ABISA
Accountable.US
Action in Community Through Service of Prince William County
AHRI Center
Alaska Wilderness League Action
Alianza Americas
American Bird Conservancy
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
American Friends Service Committee
Americans for Financial Reform
Americans for Tax Fairness
America’s Voice
Ann Arbor Community Commons Initiating Committee
Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Ayuda
BANANAS, Inc.
Be A Hero
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
Bethany Housing of Northern Virginia
Bold Alliance
CalWild
Care in Action Caring Across Generations
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
Center for Justice & Democracy
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research (CLEAR)
Central American Resource Center of Northern California – CARECEN SF
Change the Chamber
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund
Child Care for Every Family Network
Children’s Defense Fund
Children’s Defense Fund-Texas
Children’s HealthWatch
Clean Water Action
Climate Action Campaign
Climate Justice Alliance
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Coalition on Human Needs
Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks
Cobalt
Color Of Change
Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Communications Workers of America (CWA)
Community Action Marin
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces
Conservation Lands Foundation
Consumer Action
Detention Watch Network
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Drug Policy Alliance
Earthjustice Action
Earthworks
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Economic Security Project Action
Elevate
Empowerhouse
Endangered Habitats League
Endangered Species Coalition
Environmental Defense Action Fund
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Environmental Protection Network
Environmental Working Group
Equal Rights Advocates
Equality California
Evergreen Action
Fair Share America
Family Resource Center, Inc
Families Over Billionaires
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
Florida Health Justice Project
Food & Water Watch
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Friends of the Earth
Fund MI Future
Government Information Watch
Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit
Green America
Greenpeace USA
Guttmacher Institute
Hanover Safe Place
Hip Hop Caucus
HousingLOUISIANA
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Illinois Environmental Council (IEC)
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Immigration Equality Action Fund
Immigration Hub
Indivisible
Indivisible Fairfield County of CT
Indivisible Iowa
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
Institute for Policy Studies, Poverty Project
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)
Insure the Uninsured Project
International Fund for Animal Welfare
International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute
International Refugee Assistance Project
James’ Place Inc.
Japanese American Citizens League
Just Solutions
Justice and Joy National Collaborative
Justice in Aging
Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice
Kettle Range Conservation Group
Kids for Saving Earth
La Clinica, a Federally Qualified Health Center
Lansing Area Peace Education Center (Michigan)
Large Carnivore Fund
Latin America Working Group (LAWAG)
LAWS Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services
Lawyers for Good Government
LeadingAge
League of Conservation Voters
Legal Momentum, the Women’s Legal Defense & Education Fund
Little Lobbyists
Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Maine Equal Justice
Marion County Commission on Youth (MCCOY)
Massachusetts Action for Justice
Maternal and Child Health Access
Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
Michigan League for Public Policy
Michigan Peace Alliance
Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
Moms Clean Air Force
MomsRising
Monsoon Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity
MoveOn
Muslim Advocates
National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
National Center for Healthy Housing
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)
National Council of Jewish Women
National Diaper Bank Network
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Education Association
National Employment Law Project
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
National Health Law Program
National Immigration Law Center
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice
National Low Income Housing Coalition
National Organization for Women
National Partnership for New Americans
National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
National Women’s Law Center
Natural Resources Defense Council
NCJW-PA
Nebraska Appleseed
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
New York Immigration Coalition
Next 100 Coalition
NextGen America
NM CAFe (NM Communidades en Accion Y de Fe)
North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Oasis Legal Services
Ocean Defense Initiative
Oceana
Ohio Alliance To End Sexual Violence
Oil Change International
OneAmerica
Our Revolution
P Street
PAI
ParentsTogether Action
Partnership for Policy Integrity
Peace Action
Peace Education Center
People Power United
Phoenix Project Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility PA
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Plug In America
Popular Democracy in Action
Positive Women’s Network-USA
Project Eleven Hundred
PA Public Advocacy for Kids (PAK)
Public Citizen
Public Justice Center
Rachel Carson Council
Refugee Council USA
Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America)
Resource Renewal Institute
Responsible Wealth
RESULTS Virginia
RootsAction.org
RotaCare Free Clinic San Rafael
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)
Sexual Assault Resource Agency
Shelter House Inc.
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Sierra Club
Sierra Forest Legacy
Sky Island Alliance
Social Workers for Immigrant Justice
SolidarityINFOService
Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC)
Southern California Immigration Project
Southern Environmental Law Center
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
SouthWest Wisconsin Area Progressives
Standing Trees
Strong Economy For All Coalition
Student Parents At Manoa Program
Supermajority
Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
The Advocates for Human Rights
The AIDS Institute
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
The Center for Sexual Assault Survivors
The Elevensies Club
The Genieve Shelter
The Haven Shelter and Services, Inc.
The Legal Clinic
The New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
The Sidewalk School
Transitions Family Violence Services
Union of Concerned Scientists
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
United Church of Christ
United Educators of San Francisco- Retired
United for a Fair Economy
United We Dream Network
US Climate Action Network
Vertical Strategies
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
Voices for Progress
Voices for Utah Children
Voices for Vermont’s Children
Voices of Health Care Action
Waterkeeper Alliance
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Western Wildlife Conservancy
WildEarth Guardians
William E. Morris Institute for Justice
WILPF-US
Win Without War
Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Wolf and Wildlife Advocates
Womxn From The Mountain Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group
YWCA Central Virginia
YWCA Kauai
YWCA Richmond
YWCA South Hampton Roads
Zero Hour