Take Action: Call your Senators!

Our federal government runs out of money on March 14 unless Congress passes a stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR). The CR will fund the government through the end of September.

House Republicans have worked closely with the Trump administration to pass a CR bill that takes away food, housing, and healthcare from children, veterans, seniors, and other neighbors across the country while providing new funding to accelerate the deportation of immigrant families.

Senate Democrats have been debating over the past two days whether they will support the Trump bill or use their leverage to force negotiations and remove dangerous provisions. It is unclear whether Senate Democrats will act for justice or out of fear.

They must hear from NETWORK’s Spirit-filled community before they vote! Will you call today and tomorrow morning, March 13 and March 14?

ACT NOW! Call 1-888-496-3502 to tell your Senators: Don’t pass the House continuing resolution bill!

Here’s what you might say on your call: 

“Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME] from [YOUR TOWN]. I’m calling to ask [SENATOR __] to VOTE NO on The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025.

This bill takes food, housing, and healthcare from families, provides significant funding to deport our immigrant siblings, and strips the District of Columbia of its right to spend its own local taxpayer dollars.

At a time when too many families are struggling to put food on the table, pay for healthcare, and keep a roof over their heads, Congress must work in good faith to fully fund vital programs that support families, seniors, veterans, and other vulnerable people from attacks by the Trump administration.

Will [SENATOR __] promote justice and VOTE NO on the House Republican’s continuing resolution?
More information for your calls to the Senate
  • Right now, all Senators (both Democrats and Republicans) need to hear from you, their constituents. They need to know that you do NOT support the funding bill passed by the House and do NOT want them to support it either.
  • It’s important that Senators of both parties know the opinion of their voters. Your call lets them know you are paying attention!
  • The CR will fund the government for this fiscal year. This is different from the Budget Resolution work that is still ahead (cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, Inflation Reduction Act programs, etc.).
  • If Democratic Senators act from fear instead of justice and the common good, they allow our federal government to continue to be dismantled by Elon Musk and DOGE as Congress sits idle.
  • This funding bill can only be passed in the Senate with Democratic support.
  • Yesterday, it was also discovered that a provision was tucked into the funding bill that takes away the ability of Washington, D.C.’s elected leaders to spend over $1 billion of its own taxpayer dollars on schools, housing, food programs, and other services.

Take Action: Call the House!

The Republican-majority House is expected to vote soon for cuts to Medicaid and SNAP so they have tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy, and to pay for immigrant detentions and deportations. Spirit-filled justice-seekers, the fight over the budget is only beginning. NOW is the time for Members of Congress to hear budget priorities from you.

The NETWORK community has influence!

Call your Representative today and tell them to reject a budget reconciliation package that cuts Medicaid and SNAP in order to give tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy, and to pay for immigrant detentions and deportations.

ACT NOW! Call 1-888-897-9753 to reach the House and tell your Member of Congress: Don’t fund billionaire tax cuts with money from our country’s safety net!

Here’s what you might say on your call: 

“Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME] from [YOUR TOWN]. I want to let [REPRESENTATIVE __] know that I oppose any cuts to funds for vital human needs programs that millions of Americans rely on.

It is immoral to take money from life-affirming programs, like SNAP, which keeps babies fed, to free up hundreds of billions of dollars for immigrant detention, deportation and family separation efforts; and tax cuts for wealthy billionaires.

As a NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice advocate, I believe Congress must support and fully fund Medicaid so that all of us, regardless of income, have access to medical care–like pre-natal check-ups and diabetes medication–that keeps us healthy and alive.

Will [REPRESENTATIVE __] work with their colleagues during Reconciliation to pass a budget that preserves America’s time-honored safety net?

More information for your calls

  • More than 70 million people rely on Medicaid health coverage for pre-natal visits, pediatric health care, geriatric health care, and more; and 40 million people put food on the table through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 
  • Yet, the proposed Republican budget sets up a process that may bring back soup lines and will literally shorten people’s lives if cuts to these programs are made.

Because social support organizations lack the funds to compensate for a substantial reduction in federal financial support, Congress should use our shared budget to make sure that SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs flourish. 

Will you forward this email to friends and family? The simple act of sharing may help move the House to vote for an Economy For All.

 

Take Action: Call the House!

The relentless attacks by the Trump-Vance Administration on working families and people in our communities–as well as attempts to dismantle the very fabric of our democracy by unelected billionaire Elon Musk, demands a response from NETWORK.

Now is the time for all of us to come together, hold our leaders accountable, organize for justice, and say, “Not this time! Not in our country! Not on our watch!

~ Joan Neal, Interim Executive Director (Read more)

Tell Friends & Family: Call the House!

Will you call your Member of Congress and tell them to oppose the illegal and cruel actions by Elon Musk–an unelected private citizen, who violates protections in our Constitution, Catholic social justice teaching, religious freedom, and the dignity of the human person? Will you tell friends and family to call also?

ACT NOW! Call 1-888-738-3058 to reach your member of Congress and tell them: Stop President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s Cruel Policies
See suggestions below for what to think about before you call a Republican or Democratic Representative.

Here’s what to consider when your Member of Congress is a Republican: 

Republicans in Congress are enabling the Trump-Vance administration’s efforts to slash critical programs, attack basic rights, and hand over control of government spending to billionaire ally Elon Musk. Demand they stop enabling these attacks and pass a responsible budget that protects working people—not billionaires.

  • In your phone calls: Over the next 40 days, call and demand your Member explain why they are giving billionaires more power over government spending than the voters who elected them.
  • Write a Letter to the Editor: Part of truth telling is publicly calling out bad actions. Write to your local newspaper asking your Member to stand up and push back.

Here’s what to consider when your Member of Congress is a Democrat: 

They must use their power to protect families.

House Democrats can block any budget deal that enables the Trump-Vance Administration to cut programs that protect working families and vulnerable communities.

  • In your phone Calls: 
    • Demand they vote ‘NO’ on any funding bill that doesn’t include ironclad protections against Elon Musk’s illegal actions.
    • Tell them to hold hearings to expose corruption.
    • Make them commit to using all the tools they have to slow down House business, and expose cruel actions from House Leadership and the Administration.