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AllJuly 2, 2025
16 House Republicans Claimed They Wanted to Protect Medicaid From the Senate’s Steeper Cuts. Will Any Follow Through?
Washington, D.C. — Last week, 16 House Republicans, led by Congressman David Valadao (CA-22), wrote a blistering letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune criticizing the additional Medicaid cuts in the Senate version of the Republican Tax Scam that is now up for consideration in the House. In the letter, these […]
July 1, 2025
No, JD Vance, Millions of People Losing Their Health Care Is Not “Immaterial” – It’s An Attack on Working Families
Washington D.C — Senate Republicans just passed their version of the Republican Tax Scam – the biggest transfer of wealth from the working-class to the ultra-wealthy in modern history that could leave millions of Americans without health care. And Republican Senators are even acknowledging how disastrous this bill would be for their constituents. But according […]
July 1, 2025
Thanks to Unrig Our Economy’s North Carolina Ads, Senator Thom Tillis Votes Against the Republican Tax Scam
Washington D.C – Following Unrig Our Economy’s series of ads in North Carolina, Senator Thom Tillis publicly opposed the Republican Tax Scam and subsequently announced he will retire at the end of his term in office. Under the bill’s current construction, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are at risk of losing health insurance, rural […]
July 1, 2025
Senator Joni “We All Are Going to Die” Ernst Votes to Endanger Iowans to Give Billionaires Tax Breaks
Washington D.C — Today, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) voted for the Republican Tax Scam, which could leave millions of Americans and thousands of Iowans without health care – all so the super-rich can get even richer. Her vote comes just weeks after she disparaged her own constituents and made light of the very real consequences […]
July 1, 2025
Republican Senators Decide The Lives Of Millions of Americans Are ‘Immaterial’ Compared To Tax Breaks for the Rich
Washington D.C — Today, 50 Republican senators and Vice President JD Vance decided that the lives of the millions of Americans they’re ripping health coverage and SNAP benefits from are ‘immaterial’ so they can give even more tax breaks to the wealthy. Senate Republicans somehow managed to make deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House-passed […]
June 30, 2025
Sen. Tillis Announces Retirement, Admits The GOP Tax Scam Will Make Massive Medicaid Cuts. Will Other Republican Senators Join Him In Voting Against It?
Tillis Urged His Colleagues To Withhold Their Votes For Bill To Cut Millions of Americans’ Health Coverage WASHINGTON D.C. — We already knew the Republican Tax Scam would make historic cuts to Medicaid and that the bill is deeply unpopular with a majority of Americans. Americans across the country have been speaking out and protesting […]
June 28, 2025
Amidst Unrig Our Economy’s Constant Advocacy & Accountability, Congressman Bacon Chooses Retirement
Congressman Bacon Announces Retirement From Congress 9 Hours After Complaining About Unrig Our Economy On Twitter Washington D.C — Congressman Don Bacon had his allies send threatening letters. He pouted online. He even lashed out at Unrig Our Economy in angry tweets. But after voting to rip health insurance away from 40,000 Nebraskans, Congressman Bacon […]
June 27, 2025
NEW: Congressman Bacon Throws Another Temper Tantrum at His Own Constituents Who Are Angry About His Medicaid Cuts
He’s Sizzling Over Unrig Our Economy’s Accountability Ads Washington D.C — Congressman Don Bacon is very angry that his constituents are speaking out against his vote for the largest Medicaid cut in history, in order to fund more tax breaks for the wealthy. In May, he had national Republicans send threatening letters to local TV […]
June 27, 2025
NEW AD: Unrig Our Economy Calls Out Congressman Don Bacon for Voting to Gut Medicaid to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires
Washington D.C — Today, Unrig Our Economy is launching a new ad in Nebraska’s Second Congressional District calling out Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) for voting to leave millions of Americans, including 54,000 Nebraskans, without health care, so Republicans like Congressman Bacon can hand out yet another tax break to millionaires and billionaires. This ad comes […]