NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice is excited to announce that we are launching our 501(c)(4) partisan accountability project, “Communities Over Billionaires: Who We Elect Matters!”

Through “Communities Over Billionaires,” NETWORK Lobby is holding elected leaders accountable in the House and Senate for their votes and actions that have meant higher prices, less affordable healthcare and housing, less safety in our neighborhoods and losing access to food, among other impacts—all while giving trillions of dollars in tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. However, we know that who we elect matters, and your vote during these midterms can fix this!

Paid for by NETWORK Lobby Committee (www.networklobby.org/2026election) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.

Note: All work under NETWORK Lobby’s 501(c)(4) partisan accountability project, “Communities Over Billionaires: Who We Elect Matters!” is the work of NETWORK Lobby’s independent political expenditure committee, and these resources must not be used by candidates for office or a candidate’s organization. 

In addition, organizations that do not have Section 501(c)(4) status or other IRS designation that allows them to participate in partisan political activities are invited to use NETWORK Advocates’ nonpartisan 501(c)(3) “See. Love. Vote.” materials here.

New "Communities Over Billionaires" Resources

NETWORK has new resources for Communities Over Billionaires! Keep checking back for more as we draw closer to Election Day.

"Communities Over Billionaires" Rally Poster

COB Issue Handout: Health Care

COB Issue Handout: Affordability

Find Out If Your Members of Congress Voted With Our Communities or With Billionaires

See how your Representative voted compared to NETWORK Lobby’s priorities rooted in Catholic Social Teaching principles.

Did your member of Congress vote for the 2025 budget bill that paid for billionaire tax giveaways by slashing our health care, food, and clean energy programs? The new law, signed by the president on July 4, 2025, delivered significant tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans while reducing federal funding for programs that families and communities use to afford healthcare and food. The 2025 budget law also ended clean energy tax incentives to help lower costs at home during a time of soaring energy prices and to support the transition to renewable energy. Finally, it provided new funding for immigration and border enforcement. The gutting of critical healthcare, food, and clean energy programs to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and mass deportation is wrong. 

Did your member of Congress vote to end steep tariffs on everyday goods that have left households paying more? In 2025, in response to the president’s misuse of tariffs, some members of the Senate and House voted at different times to block the president’s national emergency declaration used to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. Tariffs, combined with retaliation from Canada, have increased costs for consumers: affecting food production, small businesses, and home construction throughout the U.S., with higher expenses passed on to us. When tariffs are used recklessly, they can lead to unnecessary economic pain for working class people. 

Did your member of Congress vote for more funding for detention, deportations, and enforcement leading to separated families and violence in our neighborhoods, and culminated in the killing of U.S. citizens? A second Republican budget reconciliation bill was signed into law on June 10, 2026, providing ICE and border patrol with $69.5 billion in new funding through 2029. The new funding is for hiring additional agents, carrying out detentions, and expanding partnerships with state and local authorities authorizing local police to help with immigration enforcement. It comes on top of the $170.7 billion for immigration and border enforcement provided by the first Republican budget law in 2025. 

  • NETWORK Lobby urged Nay. A Nay on the Secure America Act (P.L.119-98) signals lawmakers rejected billions of dollars for ICE’s mass deportations creating suffering in our communities. 
  • See how your Senators and House Representative voted. 

Did your Member of Congress vote for new voter registration requirements that could disenfranchise millions of eligible citizens? Some House and Senate lawmakers have called for new restrictive voter registration requirements that would disenfranchise millions of eligible citizens. Several bills have been introduced since January 2025 pushing for major changes ahead of the 2026 November elections and beyond. The latest form of the Save Act, known as the Save America Act, which passed the House on February 11, 2026, would impose documentary proof-of-citizenship and stricter photo-ID requirements, while placing new burdens on states that could undermine access to voting and the administration of elections. It has not advanced in the Senate. 

  •  NETWORK Lobby Urged Nay. A Nay in the latest effort to pass the SAVE Act (S.1383) signals lawmakers opposed new voting barriers. 
  •  See how your House Representative voted.¹  

¹ The Senate has not voted on passage of this version of the Save Act as of Oct.13, 2026. 

Take Action!

Share the 2026 "Communities Over Billionaires" Zine

While most of us are living paycheck to paycheck and struggling to afford food, rent, and health care, Republican lawmakers have made life harder and more expensive. Share this zine with how we can fix these issues by voting!

Download in English | Download in Spanish

Print, fold, and share the zine! See instructions below.

Watch an example of how to fold and share the zine below!

How to Fold & Share The Zine

Credit: Jewish Museum of Maryland

 

Spreading the word with the zine is as easy as 1-2-3:

1. Download and print more copies of the zine. (TIP: For best results, select “actual size” in the print settings when printing.)
2. Cut and fold according to the instructions in the graphic at right, or in this video! This is a fun activity to do with some friends and some music on.
3. Share the zine in your community! You can hand them out at events like farmer’s markets, leave them at coffee shops, send them to your friends — get creative!

VIDEO: Watch how to fold a zine

LINK: Zine folding instructions

Watch the recording of our “Communities Over Billionaires” Town Hall below: