LCV Letter and Statement Urging Senators to Oppose the Senate Budget Resolution
Feb 20, 2025
2025 Recent Vote
24
76
Issues
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) sponsored an amendment (S.Amdt. 999) to S.Con.Res. 7, the FY25 Senate Budget Resolution, which would force Congress to make even deeper cuts to critical programs than were proposed by the Senate Republican Budget Resolution, in areas overseeing conservation and nutrition programs, Social Security, Medicaid, clean water and air protections, and more. The Trump administration is unconstitutionally freezing already-appropriated funding and considering further cuts to staffing and critical programs, and this amendment would codify some of these extreme cuts and other efforts to hobble programs that safeguard our air and water, protect children’s health, and drive down costs for families. On February 21, the Senate rejected the Paul amendment by a vote of 24-76 (Senate roll call vote 77). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.
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