Urge your senators to reject the budget reconciliation bill

The dome of the Capitol building.

The House recently passed the Republican budget reconciliation bill with a narrow 215-214 vote, sending it to the Senate. President Trump is eager to sign this laundry list of egregious, anti-environmental proposals into law, and we can’t let him get the chance.

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A Bipartisan Senate Confirmed Doug Burgum—Their Job is Not Over

By: Laura M. Esquivel, Senior Legislative Representative Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 At the end of January, the U.S. Senate confirmed North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department in a bipartisan vote. Compared to some of Trump’s more erratic picks for Cabinet positions, Burgum’s hearing seemed almost genteel, easily bantering…

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