‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Lead to Outsourcing Energy, Higher Prices
Trump’s Big Ugly Bill will hamper any shot at American energy independence, raising energy prices for households across the country and allowing China to jump ahead in the production of modern technologies. Just another reason his plan is terrible. Read the NY Times opinion article, How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again.
Rural Hospitals at Risk
Rural hospitals are community necessities, and we’ve seen what happens when they close. Thanks to the Republican budget, we’re going to see many more closures in the future. Learn more on this in the WRAL News article, How an empty North Carolina rural hospital explains a GOP senator’s vote against Trump’s tax bill.
Urging for Opposition to the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Up to 45,000 jobs lost. As much as $67 billion in economic activity gone. Hundreds of dollars in increased energy prices for families. That’s what North Carolina Republicans voted to inflict on our state, alongside cuts to SNAP and Medicaid. Read more about our governor’s work in the WRAL article, Stein urges opposition to Trump […]
Happy Independence Day to Wake County and beyond!
Generations of Americans have fought for the freedom we celebrate today, and we cannot take it for granted.
Impact of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ on North Carolinians with Medicaid
North Carolinians like Penelope Wingard fought hard for Medicaid expansion. The Republican budget threatens the progress we’ve made and the lives of hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians. Read more about this from the Spectrum News 1 article, N.C.’s first Medicaid expansion recipient worries about changes in ‘big, beautiful bill’.
The Republican budget is great for billionaires and bad for everyone else.
Though it passed the Senate, I’ll do everything I can to keep it from passing the House. Read more about this in WRAL’s article, Senate passes Trump’s big tax and spending cuts bill as Vance breaks a 50-50 tie.
In Congress, our bills show our values
The Republican budget values the ultra wealthy over the most at-risk in our community. Adding $4T to our debt for billionaire tax breaks is already bad, but doing so while cutting funding for healthcare and nutrition assistance is so much worse.
Big Ugly Budget Bill is Bad for NC
North Carolinians fought hard to expand Medicaid, and now Congressional Republicans are trying to rollback our progress. Their Big Ugly Budget Bill is bad for our state, and it will harm thousands of North Carolinians. Learn more from North Carolina Health News’ article, ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could unravel N.C.’s Medicaid expansion.
Nationwide injunctions are meant to prevent the government from violating people’s rights
SCOTUS’ decision today provides Trump and his administration a blank check to violate people’s rights with few interim judicial remedies. This is absolutely wrong. Learn more about this in The News & Observer’s article, Supreme Court rules against nationwide blocks of Trump’s citizenship order.
The high cost of living is even raising prices for children’s school meals
We need a government that works for working people, not Trump and his band of billionaires cutting nutrition assistance to pay for their own tax breaks. Read more from ABC11: Breakfast and lunch prices increasing by 25 cents in Wake County Schools.