Washington, D.C.– Ahead of the Senate vote on their budget resolution, which will cut billions of dollars from key programming including, clean energy, Medicaid, WIC and SNAP, the League of Conservation Voters sent the below letter to members of the Senate urging Senators to oppose S.J.Res.7. LCV will strongly consider including votes related to this Budget resolution and any anti-environment or anti-democracy amendments in our 2025 National Environmental Scorecard. LCV also released the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Tiernan Sittenfeld:

“Senate Republicans have made abundantly clear with this budget resolution that they are prioritizing polluter profits over hardworking families across the country. Cutting billions of dollars in funding for clean energy and energy efficiency, eliminating penalties for fossil fuel companies that fail to reduce their dangerous methane pollution, and selling off our public lands to the highest bidder will result in higher energy bills, the loss of good-paying jobs, and dirtier air and water. So who wins? Billionaires and Big Polluters padding their record profits. Instead of rolling back access to necessary programs and benefits that make everyday necessities more affordable and funding mass deportations and immigration raids in schools and other community spaces, Congress should be safeguarding these essential programs and stopping President Trump and Elon Musk’s illegal power grab and program cuts. We urge the Senate to oppose this harmful budget resolution.”

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February 20, 2025

U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Re: Oppose S.Con.Res.7, the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution

Dear Senator:

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) believes that everyone has a right to clean air, clean water, public lands, and a safe climate protected by a just and equitable democracy. Each year, LCV publishes the National Environmental Scorecard, which details the voting records of members of Congress on environmental legislation. The Scorecard is distributed to LCV members, concerned voters nationwide, and the media.

We urge you to oppose S.Con.Res.7, the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution, which sets the path for a reconciliation bill that would increase costs for working families through higher energy bills, compromise the health of our communities by rolling back and cutting funding for critical environmental protections, and harm our global competitiveness in the race for a clean energy future. 

Clean energy is the fastest, cheapest way to bring new electricity onto the grid, increasing reliability and lowering household energy costs. Unfortunately, the Senate Budget Resolution would enable Congress to rescind billions of dollars in funding for clean energy and energy efficiency, including rebates for household energy performance and high-efficiency electric homes, increasing costs for working families while harming our environment.

In addition to cutting programs that lower costs in the first place, S.Con.Res.7 would enable cuts to programs meant to provide assistance to those who need it most, including the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and disaster unemployment assistance, as well as critical lifelines for millions of people like Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC. What’s more, this resolution plans to offset the costs of these cuts by selling off our pristine public lands and waters to the oil and gas industry for drilling, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, despite the fact that the most recent lease sale raised $0.

S.Con.Res.7 puts our health and safety at risk. The resolution proposes to cut funding for all manner of environmental protections. It would aim to eliminate the penalty for fossil fuel companies that fail to reduce their dangerous methane pollution while cutting funds to monitor, enforce, protect and improve air and water quality. It would also direct hundreds of billions of dollars to turbocharge mass deportations, militarize the border, fund immigration raids in schools and other community spaces, and tear families apart.

For all these reasons, LCV urges you to oppose S.Con.Res.7, the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution. LCV will strongly consider including votes related to S.Con.Res.7 and any amendments to the resolution in our 2025 National Environmental Scorecard. If you would like more information, please reach out to a member of our government relations team.

Sincerely,

Gene Karpinski

President